As we started the second part of our journey across the Nullarbor, we came across this sign and then the road markings where the road is used for an emargency landing strip for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Just by the side of the road there were some red & grey galah birds perched on the only tree for miles around.
On this part of the trip there is the longest straight stretch of road in Australia and, possibly, in the world. The surrounding scenery was so varied that the 90 miles semmed to pass very quickly.
Here the trees thinned out and the red soil began to show through.
There are numerous cave systems under the gigantic slab of limestone that forms the Nullarbor Plain. There are quite a few of these blow holes from which air in the caves escapes, sometimes at high speed depending on the differences in pressure. The wind from some has been measured at 72kph (45mph).
We could see for miles in every direction over this flat plain. No photograph can really show how extensive it is.
Just before we arrived in Madura, we stopped at the Madura Pass lookout and we were absolutely stunned by the view across the Roe Plain.
We took a late afternoon drive across these plains which are very extensive and absolutely flat below the edge of this scarp.
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