We drove up from LE Grand NP today to Norseman. The wind on our nose for the whole trip. Not our best fuel consumption day.....
Norseman, as with many inland WA communities is slowly dying. The infrastructure (predominantly mining and transport) is becoming more independent and portable. Norseman is expensive, although fuel isn't too bad. We stopped and paid the Visitors centre a "backhander" to use the CMCA installed dump point and some water for our tanks. We also filled up a 20lt can with diesel.... just in case.
We're now parked up in a rest area 108k East of Norseman. We had stopped earlier but we've now got a tail wind so we drove for another hour or so. We're miles from anywhere and the Telstra reception is the best we've had... go figure!
The drive across the Nullarbor has begun....
Rose cooked up a fantastic meal this evening... it was definitely worth a specific mention!
Norseman, as with many inland WA communities is slowly dying. The infrastructure (predominantly mining and transport) is becoming more independent and portable. Norseman is expensive, although fuel isn't too bad. We stopped and paid the Visitors centre a "backhander" to use the CMCA installed dump point and some water for our tanks. We also filled up a 20lt can with diesel.... just in case.
We're now parked up in a rest area 108k East of Norseman. We had stopped earlier but we've now got a tail wind so we drove for another hour or so. We're miles from anywhere and the Telstra reception is the best we've had... go figure!
The drive across the Nullarbor has begun....
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