To Balladonia, Western Australia

Back to the holiday.
Balladonia is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia. It is the first stop east of Norseman on the long journey east across the Nullarbor Plain. Between Balladonia and Caiguna is a 146.6 kilometre (91.1 mi) stretch of the highway which is one of the longest straight stretches of road in the world.

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Lake Cowen in the dry season between Kalgoorlie and Norsman WA.

 

 

 Norseman, WA

It's here we bought our lunch and made sure we had provisions for the long trip across the Nullarbor.

Balladonia, WA  All that is there is the Roadhouse.

The caravan park.  There is no water only power.

There is a shower provided if you pay for the water.

The bush at Balladonia and our caravan parked for the night.

Balladonia, WA

Balladonia in Western Australia (WA) is known for it's Wool industry followed by Tourism.
The Pub has a Motel attached and the Dinner menu is here: http://www.balladoniahotelmotel.com.au/menus.php and I should imagine the servings would be large. One can't say, I will go to the next place to stay/eat because the next place probably hasn't got accommodation and it's quite some distance away, far enough away to fill your vehicle up again with petrol.
We had a caravan and always carried extra petrol plus extra water.

It's a lonely road is the Eyre Highway, you can go for km/miles and not see another person or vehicle. The road is rather straight with one section being 90 miles straight.

Balladonia is 916 km (569 mi) from Perth in WA, and 192 km (119 mi) from Norseman in previous post.
Our niece her husband and their two little ones have just driven from Kalgoorlie to Melbourne in the State of Victoria, the on the ship to Tasmania, and back across the Nullarbor again staying in Motels along the way.

What is known as Salt Bush.

Flat and straight.

Speaks for it's self.

A view from where we bought petrol, and there is a colourful playground for children.