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Day 33 Sun 12 Jun 16, Nullarbor SA to Caiguna WA 534km, fine and clear early, cloudy later, 5 to 18 deg. A bit chilly on the plains this morning! Nice to see the clear skies and sunshine though. The sun is fairly late getting up over this side of the continent; 7:45am!! Day is half gone! Got away at 7:50am straight onto Highway 1. Can't fault the road at all it's brilliant. We ate the last of our fruit and discarded the last bit of our honey due to the very strict quarantine control at the WA border. They also do a thorough search of cars and caravans so you can get into trouble if you miss something. Last night we cooked the last of our fresh veggies ready for dinner tonight. Cooked and frozen fruit and veggies are ok to take into WA. Stopped at Eucla, just inside WA, for coffee and vanilla slice; just to check on the quality of the WA variety. A scientific study.... really. Two things you notice about the Nullarbor; 1. it's not flat (we drove for 100s of kms with the Hampton Tablelands on our right) 2. It's not Null Arbor (tree-less) in fact in some parts there's lots of vegetation, even trees, albeit struggling and on a lean due to the wind. Wendy had her first drive today with the van on the back, 150km, with no dramas at all; Greg even managed a nana nap she was that good! Greg hopes that there's more (Wendy driving and him sleeping) of that to come. The price of fuel across the Nullarbor is not cheap, diesel is up to $1.69 a litre! Pulled in to the van park (at the back of the BP servo, built to assist traffic crossing for the Perth Commonwealth Games in 1962!) at Caiguna at 1:45pm (actually 3:15pm where we started the day) after a longer than normal day. We wanted a fairly short one tomorrow to finish off the Nullarbor so we did extra km today. We saw our first cyclist on the Nullarbor today and he/she was heading East, into a very cruel headwind. We felt for him/her very much, however he/she was probably enjoying the challenge; maybe, or NOT? Had an LLD and the went for a walk around what is claimed to be the longest golf course in the world. I suppose if you take into account that there's 1,365km long with a hole at every roadhouse, it's got to be. 18 holes, par 75, don't fancy the game actually. Sunday night is "get your own" so it's leftover veggies and chicken stir fry. Filled the gap.
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