All Things Must End

It was a freezing cold night and there's ice on the bikes in the morning. Not frost. Solid ice. We scrape the bikes clean and head off west. This will be the last day on the Nullarbor and I'm eager to get it over with.

But the Nullarbor has one last nasty surprise. Just outside Caiguna is a sign announcing the 90 Mile Straight. No bends for a hundred and fifty kilometres. When the highly anticipated turn arrives it's a cause for celebration and Dave stops to take a photo. It's a normal looking turn in a normal looking road but I appreciate the significance.

After a few more hours on dull roads we reach Norseman, an old mining town and a definitive end to the Nullarbor. The town doesn't have much to offer. Even the locals seem to agree and we get advice from an old codger to go see "the biggest hole in Kalgoorlie". At least I think that is what he said.

Kalgoorlie is a large active mining town however the central shopping area is only four blocks long and it's all on the one street. Yet despite the apparent simplicity we manage to get lost trying to find the visitors information centre. The locals point us in the right direction and after arming ourselves with brochures and supplies we stop for the night at a campsite.