Pat around Aus: 2015

We are heading east now on the Eyre Highway across the Nullabor Plains.

Nan said these weren't wildflowers but they were growing wild everywhere on our way out of Esperance.

It was pretty green on the Nullarbor but hardly any trees.

Going across the Nullarbor we stopped to see the Caiguna Blowhole. It was a big, deep hole in the ground and when you went near the hole there was wind gushing out of the hole. It was hot outside but the wind was very cool like an airconditioner. The air was coming from a large limestone cave under the ground.

Unfortunately we didn't see any deep caves because you needed a four wheel drive to get there.
It was quite hilly in some places and this was the view we saw from Madura Pass over the Nullarbor Plains.

Madura Pass

These wildflowers were everywhere on the side of the Eyre Highway

These wildflowers were really weird!

After lunch we went on a walk and I saw this old dumped Holden car.

I thought this old dumped car was pretty cool!

Across the Nullarbor on the Eyre Highway there is the world's longest golf course. It is an 18 hole golf course that was opened in 2009 for travellers so they could play golf at different places along the 1365km stretch of the Eyre Highway. Here is a link if you would like more information NULLARBOR LINKS GOLF COURSE

Hole 6 Border Kangaroo

At the border I saw this big signpost. Brisbane is only 2 750 km away! Looks like I will have to be away a bit longer :)

Before we crossed the border into South Australia we had to eat up all our fruit and vegetables because you aren't allowed to take any fruit or vegetables over the border. This is because they want to try and stop diseases and pests spreading.

GOODBYE WA I'VE HAD A GREAT TIME!

We saw this sign for the Eyre Peninsula at the border and when we are there we are going to see Murphy's Haystacks

These animal signs are right along the Eyre Highway on the Nullarbor

While we were crossing the Nullarbor the road followed the Great Australian Bight. We camped at a really AWESOME campspot on the Great Australian Bight where our motorhome was parked about 6 metres away from a 100 metre cliff drop to the Southern Ocean. We had the best views EVER!

Information about the Nullarbor National Park

Our view to the west

Our view to the east along the Great Australian Bight

Looking down the cliff face to the beautiful aqua water of the Southern Ocean

There were seashells at the top of the cliff face. I wonder how they got there?

Dawn on the Great Australian Bight. It was a really beautiful sight!

Another view of the cliff face

At Ceduna in South Australia we had to go through this quarantine station. The man came into our motorhome to check we had no fruit or vegetables. Sometimes they have sniffer dogs to check.

Perlubie Beach on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula

Murphy's Haystacks are inselberg rock formations on the Eyre Peninsula near Port Kenny. The rocks got there name a long time ago when a traveller in a coach saw the formations in the distance and thought they were hay. As the rocks were on a farm owned by a man called Murphy, the rocks became known as Murphy's Haystacks. A inselberg is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain. The rocks were really funny shapes!