Day 19 Spent the day exploring the Kalgoorlie-Boulder mining area and the huge super pit 500m deep that they have dug into the ground as well as some of the enormous machinery use. To fill one of the Cat dumper trucks it takes 6000 litres of diesel which even makes our Discovery look good! Overnight: Norseman caravan park Distance: 400km

Day 18 Checked out the sights of Norseman which didn't take very long at all. Aparently the oldest continuously operating gold mine in Australia but it can't be getting that much out of it given the current state of the town. If it wasn't located where it was, at the end of the townless Nullarbor, I doubt anyone would stop here. Went to the local Mass with a total of 3 parishioners, one of which said the mass as there in no Priest in town. I think she was all...

Day 17 Huge driving day across the rest of the Nullarbor to Norseman. Not a huge amount to see apart from the Bunda cliffs and driving through over various strips of road used as Royal Flying Doctors Emergency. Overnight: Norseman All tourist park Distance: 920km

Day 16 The Nullarbor, the word coming from "nullus arbor" meaning no trees, is an empty stretch of the Eyre highway between Ceduna in South Australia over to Norseman in Western Australia. The photo is from the Nullabor golf course which is the longest in the world, stretching 1365km with holes at each of the different towns across the route. It rained all day today so not much else for it except to keep driving. At least it has cleaned the car of most of the...

Day 15 Travelling along the Eyre highway the first thing you see as you approach a town is the huge grain silos towering above the trees. Almost all the small settlements seem to have one, accompanied by a railway siding to transport it off to market. Grain is stored until the prices are favourable to sell. Took a drive after setting up tent down to a place called Sceale bay which was pretty. Staying in a small seaside village called Streaky Bay. It started ...