Day 2, 19 Dec 2008: Kalgoorlie to Cocklebiddy

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Map:  "A" marks Cocklebiddy. 

Kalgoorlie seems to like painting up old disused mining equipment for roadside decoration.

Town of Norseman - where it starts to get remote.

Lunch break at a roadside rest stop, near Balladonia.  

Our kettle is boiling away, sitting on top of our fridge.  We carry cold meats, salads and bread for lunch stops like these.

The sign says it all.

Abandoned car by the highway.

One of the very few watered reststops.  The car park roof collects the scarce rain water into the concrete water tank on the left.

Caiguna blow hole.  I am used to the coastal blow holes where the ocean blows water through, but this one blows out cool air.

It was like standing in front of an air-cond vent.

About 11 km off the main Eyre Highway, on a dirt track lay the Cocklebiddy caves.  Under the Nullabor is one of the largest cave systems in the world.

It is so flat here, the entrance to the cave is a hole in the ground.

The track gave us a taste of what crossing the Nullabor must have been like in the days when crossing the Nullarbor was a big expedition - we could hardly go over 40 kph.

The last section of the road was only sealed in 1976.

We saw a couple of kangaroos whilst on this track.

Some Nullarbor (Latin: null arbor - no trees) views:

Solar power in the outback.

Arrived at Cocklebiddy

Road trains block out the view of Cocklebiddy.

Our dingy but expensive motel room.

Nullarbor sunset.