The Great Trek

We were up early and left Esperance at 7.30 the trip to Norseman was quiet and we saw 14 vehicles in an hour.  Later on in the day we counted again and saw 18 cars so 32 vehicles in two hours can't be too bad. We stopped for the night at Madurah Pass a basic motel but clean and the staff were very friendly. Diesel was exorbitantly expensive there at 1.98 a litre when we have been paying 1.56 and as a result we only bought $40 worth. To be fair Madurah is in the middle of nowhere and transport costs in and out must be enormous.
There was some disappointment in the camp as we had seen no kangaroos in the wild, but we read later that they only come onto the Nullabor after heavy rains, to make sure there is water there for them. We saw several who had been run over, so I can only assume that they were practising their camouflage skills whilst we were looking for them. We did see some emus in the middle of nowhere which was quite a thrill.
We left Madurah at 7.15 am to continue across the plain. We stopped at the border village , where we meant to be searched for fruit and vegetables, only to find the checkpoint was a further 400 kilometres down the road now. So at the border where we were meant to bring in no fruit or vegetables or plants there was no one to check us.This was a little annoying as we had thrown away 2 tomatoes and stripped our sandwiches of lettuce before we got to the border, all that effort to avoid having it confiscated and yet there was no one there to do the dirty task.
We stopped and looked at the cliffs of the Australian Bight and unbroken run of cliffs that stretches for over 200 kilometres. Very impressive but a bit hazy, so the photos won't be up to much.As we moved across the plain the temperatures rose and we got to 41 degrees Celsius, which was a little on the warm side. We had lunch in the car withe engine running and the air conditioning on. The first time we have ever done this.
One really annoying thing about the whole drive is the vast number of flies which descend on you as soon as set foot outside of the car or a building. These are not flies that go for your food, but rather they head for your face , buzzing around your eyes and nostrils, they are very annoying.
For the second day we saw no kangaroos, they are clearly aware of our presence and have entered there hiding phase, in an attempt to win their senior camouflage badges .
Our second night was in Ceduna in a caravan park, where we hired a chalet for one night. This is the only accommodation I have ever had where the toilet was on the other side of our "outdoor space". The outdoor space was a six foot wide gap between the kitchen and the bathroom which was protected by a fly screen at one end and separated form our neighbours by a corrugated metal wall at the other end. Going to the toilet in the middle of the night was an interesting experience I can assure you.
The accommodation was very clean and we had a good night before heading off to Adelaide. In two days we had covered nearly 1400 kilometres had seen very little traffic, had been in awe of the road
trains which can be enormous and had seen almost no wildlife of note. We have had however, a truly wonderful experience and one never to be forgotten.