Crossing the Nullarbor: A photo Journal

We actually started driving from Melbourne but after taking a detour along The Great Ocean Road and stopping off in Adelaide it was time to make the drive. Crossing the Nullarbor starts from Ceduna when heading East to West, this is the last town you will see until Norseman in WA 1200km away. Ceduna  is also the start of the Nullarbor Links, the Worlds Longest Golf Course that we intended on playing to break up the journey.

Due to Kangaroos it was risky to drive through the night and since we were heading West we spent most of the time driving into the setting sun. Officially the Nullarbor ends in Norseman but we continued to Perth. The drive took us three days and during that time I took photographs from the backseat every hour to see how the landscaped changed throughout the journey.

I had heard many things about the Nullarbor before leaving and the main thing people told me was there is nothing out there. After reaching Perth I can say that’s not necessarily true. There are things you will see crossing the Nullarbor that you won’t see anywhere else in the world, the Great Australian Bight, 90 Mile Straight and of course the Worlds Longest Golf Course.

Below is the photo journal of our drive, see for yourself if the landscape changes while crossing the Nullarbor and if you look closely you can get a small insight into our life on the road.

Crossing the Nullarbor

© Our Shadows Will Remain

The Twelve Apostles

Great Ocean Road
Great Ocean Road, Australia

The Twelve Apostles is another example of how the coastline is continuously being shaped along the Great Ocean Road. Once part of the coastline they were gradually eroded into rock arches, now only stacks remain. The stacks of limestone rock have been known as The Twelve Apostles for many years even though there has ever only been nine, since the collapse of one stack in 2005 (the remains can be seen in the picture above) there is now only eight. Due to the extreme weather conditions and the soft limestone rock the rate of erosion at the base of the stacks is roughly 2cm per year.

Great Ocean Road, Australia
Great Ocean Road, Australia

Read the next post in this series London Bridge.

London Bridge

London Bridge is now known as London Arch. It was named after its resemblance with The famous bridge in London but in 1990 one arch collapsed into the sea and left the other disconnected from the coast. Two tourists were stranded on the further end of the bridge when it collapsed and had to be rescued by helicopter.

Great Ocean Road
Great Ocean Road, Australia

After my journey along the Great Ocean Road I continued to Adelaide and then to Perth by Crossing the Nullarbor.