🚙 Crossing the Nullarbor🚙

Day One:

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On the day we started to cross the Nullarbor we didn't leave until about 10:00am, so after only a few hours we stopped for lunch at Norseman. After lunch we had a quick look around the town before hitting the road again. The next time we stopped was at the start of the longest straight road in Australia (it's straight for 90 miles!), which is part of the Nullarbor. After driving for a bit we found a cute little campsite on a little track that was off the main road. It was lovely and we all enjoyed sitting around the campfire.

90 miles straight road-no need for maps for a while!!!

Eating dinner with the sunset in the background.

Day Two:

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We started driving early and stopped at Cocklebiddy Roadhouse for breakfast. Whilst there we also saw the two rescue eagles they had in a massive enclosure, one had been hit by a truck and lost an eye, broke a breast bone and acquired a damaged wing. The other had been hit by a car and broke his elbow. They have not been released back into the wild because Samantha (the first one) is half blind and Bruce (the second one) cannot fly. They were very cool to watch. After driving for a while we stopped at some caves, on the way to them I found a DEATH Adder in a hole, it looked cool in a dark and scary kind of way! In the cave I went in to there was heaps of kangaroo skeletons and a couple of dead stumpy tailed lizards, it looked like all the kangaroos had been resting in the cave and had gotten drowned by a flash flood. They all looked like they were partly mummified and they were all coated in a thin layer of clay-like mud. There was also a couple of dead joeys. The two stumpies looked like they had just died normally.

After visiting the caves we went and had a look at an old, dried out inland sea that had lots of fossilised shells in it, Scientists and Archaeologists sometimes work at the site. Jackson and I found some really cool shells. After driving for a while we stopped at a Roadhouse where Jackson and I had a quick go on a playground (that was next to a big model of a whale) before going down to where we camped that night. We camped at the ruins of the Eucla Telegraph Station, which were cool to explore. We also walked down to the beach.

Samantha and Bruce, the rescued eagles (Samantha is the slightly larger one on the right and Bruce is on the left).👇

The DEATH Adder!!!

A close up photo of a DEATH Adder that I found on Google.

In the cave with all the kangaroo skeletons.👇

Jackson and I playing in the Eucla Roadhouse playground, with the big model of a whale next to us.

At the old Eucla Telegraph Station ruins.

There was heaps of beetles in all of the bushes at the ruins of the Eucla Telegraph Station.👇

Day Three

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On our third day on the Nullarbor we didn't leave till late and our first stop wasn't far up the road.....we crossed into South Australia before lunch that morning! After crossing we stopped to do a bit of work whilst we had internet and we had a look at the big kangaroo. The next time we stopped was for lunch, we had lunch looking off a cliff!! Afterwards we stopped at a couple of lookouts before finding where we were going to camp that night-the camp spot we chose was right on the edge of a cliff! After watching the incredible sunset we went to bed. The next morning we watched the sunrise and saw some dolphins. Our cliff campsite was stunning.

At the border of South Australia and WA!!

At the BIG kangaroo!👇

The view from where we stopped for lunch.

The beautiful view from the lookouts we went to.👇

My toilet spot!!

Our campsite.

On the cliffs.👇

The sunset and sunrise over the cliffs.👇

Day Four and Day Five

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On our fourth and fifth day on the Nullarbor we stayed at the same spot of two nights as it was very hot and we were camped right on the beach. Whilst there we: