2012, October 21/22 - Lucky Bay to Nullabor (via Esperance & Balledonia)

No one wants to leave !!!!!

Trip Meter Reading Start –  9167

Trip Meter Reading Finish –   9766 (599 kms)

Filled up Esperance
LPG @ $1.09 / litre; 56.721 litres; $62.34

Filled up Norseman
LPG @ $0.99 /litre; 63.821 litres; $63.79
 
Filled up Balledonia
ULP @ $2.05 / litre; 14.14 litres; $29.00

Accommodation
Free camp somewhere along the Nullabor Plan; couldn’t work out on Camps 5 which one we were actually at, but there were no facilities and were about an hours drive from Balledonia; I assumed it was Baxters Rest Area which is marked 17 in the Camps 5 book.

Comments – Luke

Today we drove to Esperence to top up on supplies.  After that we drove to Norseman and turned onto the Eyre Highway which has the longest straight in Australia 146.6km  long on the Nullabor plain.  After that we set up camp at a free camp for the night along the straight.

Comments – Mum and Dad

Leaving Lucky Bay was sad as it was such a beautiful place and had given us memories that will stay forever.  We said goodbye to all the wonderful, happy, positive people we had met and drove back into Esperence hoping to find something open so we could stock up on supplies and fuel to last us a couple of days free camping  along the Nullabor.

Being Sunday most places are closed in WA including Woolies.  However, the IGA at Pink Lake was open; although more expensive, we were in need of meat, bread and other essentials.  Stocked up we headed north along the Esperance Highway to Norseman refuel before driving east onto the Eyre Highway for a drive through long straights and a whole log of nothing.  We refuelled at Balledonia and at $2.05 we only topped her up...so expensive, but we are now out in the stix with not alot of choice right now.  LPG was over the top so we decided to just fill the tank with ULP at any servo we found along the way.

Come 5pm Mark had had enough driving and we pulled up at a free camp to avoid hitting the roos.  I cooked up all my fresh vegies and chicken and we sat down for a scrumptious red curry and satay chicken dish washed down with a beaut Sandleford Rose I had picked up in Balledonia...mmmm...

View to ???? - The Nullabor Plain



My God!  Where the bloody hell is the end!