Nullarbor Plain

We set off across the Nullarbor Plain, having stocked up with supplies in Ceduna. The trip turned out to be much more interesting than a 3-day drive across a treeless plain. The changes in vegetation are interesting as you go across. The trees gradually become shorter and shrubbier until it’s mostly just salt bush. However, there are still areas with short trees.

The change in the weather was curious. We weren’t sure if it was because of our changing location or the weather just changed. The second day was extremely hot, windy and dusty, but by the evening, the temperature and the wind suddenly dropped, thankfully. The van behaved impeccably in the extreme conditions with the temperature gauge remaining resolutely in the middle, but the driver had a tendency to overheat, requiring the wet towel treatment….

There were may interesting features to look at, including the sheer cliffs along the Great Australian Bight, changing to sand dunes at the western end. One of our camp stops was at a blow hole, which is an entrance to the extensive cave system that runs under the limestone plain.