The Nullarboor...ing

We were so excited! The Nullarboor sounded so amazing, and people we'd met have all had there own impressions, majority really good.
The brochure on the Nullarboor says...

• "...One of the most unique tracts of unspoilt wilderness on the face of this planet...
• ...one of the worlds great road journeys...
• ...name comes from the latin "nullus arbor" meaning NO TREE...
• ...has an average rainfall of only 20cm...

No offence here to anyone who loves the Nullarboor, but our personal view is that "Australias great road journey" is a great example of some very clever tourism marketing! But dont get me wrong, it did have some highlights,

• Like the Great Australian Bight with its dramatic sea cliffs, absolutely amazing that in this age of liability and political correctness, that you can walk up to a cliff face, with a sheer drop of approx 70 metres and crumbly edges and it has no barricades or fences to stop you going over the edge. Sure there was warning signs, but I had so many people warn me to hang on to the kids it made me completely paranoid!!! As you can see by our photo I was hanging on to Emshia so tight she almost couldn't breathe!
• Waving to every on coming vehicle - felt like a member of the 'nullarboor club'... 
• Having in car DVD player's for the kids - what a godsend
• The temperature was cool, great for travelling
• The further over to WA we got we kept gaining time..cool!
• The fact it only took us 2 days to get across!

Some 'lowerlights' included:

• The 'NO TREE' bit was only for a very short stretch, majority was either a low dense shrub or some stretches had quite unspoit rugged bush with biggish trees
• Paying $1.20 a litre for gas at The Nullarbor roadhouse and not having a choice
• Not seeing any camels...
• The only wombat we saw was Rory's puppet one...(see photos!)
• For a place that has an average rainfall of only 20cm a year, it rained on us as we were trying to pack up and left our camper sodden for the rest of the day...
• Seeing kangaroo carcasses for miles...

But we made it, and we stuck the sticker on the back of trakkie that says "I crossed the Nullarboor", ( not that the kids will remember much of it as there was nothing for them to see so they had a DVD fest in the car, what bad parents we are!) For us the Stuart Highway that goes up to Alice Springs ran rings around the Nullarbor for changing landscapes, and wildlife, and color and beauty!
 
The great thing now is that we are in WA and loving it. Our trip feels so much more real now that we are so far away. And now all you special people reading this are back to school and work and routine...we feel for you...honest!

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