Day 107: Balladonia rest Area to Border Village

Today we drove approx 500km to arrive at a rest area 13km east of Border Village in South Australia. We had been in WA for 14 weeks and had a brilliant time. We hope to spend about 6 weeks in SA.

Today we drove approx 500km. When we left this morning, we went directly onto the longest straight section of highway in Australia - 149km without a bend...... We then descended from a plateau and followed this low range for the next 200km before reaching Eucla which is back on the plateau and where we again had a phone signal, thus this blog.

We have seen very few animals across the Nullabor - I think it would be a lot different in summer. We are now seeing signs to beware of wombats - I would not have expected them here in the middle of the Nullabor.... Today the temperature got to 27 degrees but because it is so windy, it doesn't feel that warm.....

We had morning tea at Cocklebiddy Road House and lunch at Mundrabilla. As we were approaching Mundrabilla Road House, we passed a cyclist - we spoke to him at lunch time and he was riding from Perth to the Gold Coast to raise funds for Parkinson's Disease. He looked almost as fit as me.... lol.

Petrol costs today - 183.5c/L at Cocklebiddy.
We have now driven over 18,000km.