Esperance - Nullarbor

Well here we are again after a slight hiccup in the blogging process, I am here to finish the story.

We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Esperance, as apart from the magnificent beaches we found it to be a friendly and relaxed town with more of a holiday atmosphere than Albany, which we always considered to be the southern WA holiday spot.  Certainly a lot of people from our old farming area used to go there for their annual holidays.

The journey across the Nullarbor bore no resemblance at all to the original trek from Adelaide to our new home on the farm in Beverley some 45 years ago.  Then, we travelled in a convoy consisting of a truck loaded with our furniture & other farm gear, a car and trailer & car and caravan.  It was late January and stinking hot, and to make matters worse most of the road was unsealed & corrugated.

This time the weather was very pleasant, and although the scenery wasn’t exactly riveting, it was interesting to travel the road again.  Our first camp spot was off the road, tucked in amongst the trees and soon there were another two vehicles joining us.  An older couple & a young family with 3 delightful boys.

After we’d all set up, we gathered firewood and soon had a couple of small fires going on which we cooked our meal, and later when the kids were bedded down the six of us gathered around our fire.  The older guy produced a piano accordion and was soon entertaining us with songs & poems from times long past.  It was THE most enjoyable night we’ve had at a camp spot yet.

I would love to give you a detailed description of the scenery along the way, but to be honest there wasn’t any !! Mile upon mile of flat nothing land.  I was going to drive the “longest straight road in Australia” (from Balladonia to Caiguna – 146.6kms) but there was such a strong SE wind blowing there was no way I was going to take the wheel – not with 24’ of caravan hanging on the back!! No way !!

As you can see, there isn’t really a lot to see, and there weren’t too many bends in the road even to break the monotony, but at least you could make a cup of tea and know that you weren’t going to tip it all over yourself  !!









So my dear husband has driven all 22,000+ kms and has encountered more than his fair share of head winds.  We thought at least driving from west to east we may get a bit of a tail wind, but no – it didn’t happen.

It was quite a momentous occasion when we crossed the border into South Australia, because in effect it was marking the end of our “holiday”, and meant we seriously were at the tail end of our trip.  A bitter sweet feeling really.

However, we still have a few enjoyable weeks with friends and family in SA,  so it’s just a new chapter.

More soon  xx