Day 106: Kalgoorlie to Balladonia Rest Area (50km east of Balladonia Servo)

Today we set off for the Nullabor but before-hand we drove the 20km or so detour to have a look at Coolgardie. Coolgardie is a very small town with a small population but a lot of impressive historical buildings. We could probably have spent a few hours there looking at the buildings, etc. but we wanted to get onto the Nullabor asap.

We next drove the 200km to Norseman where we refuelled and had morning tea, then we were off. Well, there are trees, at least up to where we have stopped now which is about 240km from Norseman - the Balledonia Rest Area - a free camp area with no facilities other than a pit toilet - but it is nice - we love being in the middle of nowhere and completely self-sufficient. We sit in the van drinking wine and playing cards at night and we could just as easily be in a caravan park at Surders Paradise.....

Prior to arriving at this rest area, we stopped to refuel at the Balladonia Servo. Balladonia Station was made famous in 1979 when Sky Lab re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and broke into pieces all over the place. A piece of it landed on Balladonia Station and US President at the time, Jimmy Carter, even rang the property owner personally to apologise.

We arrived at the rest area at 2:15pm and had lunch then went for a walk in the bush and then the blog.

I can't upload however as we have had no phone signal since Norseman.