Pearls On Wheels

We set off from Caiguna early.  While we were enjoying sunshine yesterday, strong winds and rain had discouraged people from venturing west from Ceduna yesterday. That explains why we saw so little traffic yesterday.  There is plenty of oncoming traffic today.  Plenty of long straights and then over Madura Pass to the  Madura Roadhouse . wth flags flying - notice the NZ flag.  Figure this letter puzzle out.... Your Curiosity Will Cost You A Twenty Dollar Donation For the Royal Flying Doctor, Thank You.  Just a routine pre-flight check.  Eucla Road House overlooks the Australian Bight. We cross the West Australia/ South Australia border and continue eastwards. We are on the look out for camels, wombats and kangaroos...  along the straight and narrow road bounded by white crushed limestone. The Nullabor was ocean floor 25million years ago.  We arrive at Nullabor Roadhouse in time to take a flight ov...

Good omens this morning. We plan to ride to north to Norseman and east on the Eyre Highway along the Nullabor Plains.  The cross winds as we ride north mean that we aren't doing much 'speedingup'.  That all changes when we head East to Balladona with accompanying tail winds.  I turn up the heat in my jacket  and we ride straight to Balladonna.  The Road House has an excellent local museum complete with a piece of Skylab and news reports from 1979 abut the breakup of Skylab on re-entry to Earth's atmosphere.  On the road again. The road becomes an airstrip for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in an emergency.  Dick imagines he is the pilot coming in to land.  Straight on we go. Then we encounter Australia's longest stretch of straight road - 145.6km which takes us from balladonia to Caiguna.  Nullabor - no trees.  Not many trucks this afternoon.  Pressing straight on... ...