Ceduna to Norseman WA

Hello All,
Upon leaving Ceduna I glanced at my Satellite Navigation and it made me have a chuckle.

Yep, I  need to turn left in 1209 kilometres........................

The bad news is............it is still stiffling hot, the good news is................hot means easterly winds, so I have had a tailwind all across the Nullabour.

Nullabour Links Golf Tee

 The Highway only cuts through about 80km's of true Nullabour Plain (Treeless) so I had to spend a night at Nullabour Roadhouse right in the middle of it.

Nullabour Roadhouse Sunset

 It was off to the most spectacular part of the trip, where the road hugs the Bunda Cliffs.

Bunda Cliffs

Bunda Cliffs

Note the vehicles in the adjacent carpark to get some scale, there are views like this, a few hundred metres off the highway for several hundred kilometres.

Bunda Cliffs

Getting closer to Eucla the Bunda Cliffs finish and a more gentle slope to the ocean occurs.

After stopping for a very thorough inspection at the Quarantine Checkpoint at the Western Australian Border, it was on to Eucla for lunch. The time zones have my electronics totally confused, the first several hundred kilometres of Western Australia have Central Western Time, which is 45 minutes in front of Perth and 45 minutes behind Adelaide.
Crossing the Border my Sat Nav and phone went straight to Perth time.
After a bite to eat, I headed to the old Eucla Telegraph Station.

old Telegraph Station

from there it was down Eucla Pass below the escarpment to Madura Pass, climbing back up onto the Tablelands and on to Cocklebiddy for the night.I have been surprised by how little traffic is on the road, but I suppose it is summer and off season.

Murra-El-Elevyn Cave at Cocklebiddy

Next was 90 mile straight (144.6 kilometres) without so , much as a bend. Although I think the engineer had a sense of humour as, at the Western end there are two bends, just as it finishes for no apparent reason.

90 mile straight, Nullabour Plain

Tonight I am sweating it out at Norseman. Tomorrow I plan to head to Kalgoorlie, Leonora, and Lake Ballard as the weather forecast is for low 30's for the next few days. It was 47c in Leonora today!!
Tuesday, Wednesday next week the temperatures are planned to soar into the 40's again, so that gives me a few days there before heading down to Esperence and Cape Le Grand.
Bye for now.........................