Perth to Adelaide The Nullarbor Road Tour

Jul 26th - Aug 16th 2009

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We bid farewell to Perth then head east across wheat fields and rocky outcrops to the worlds richest square mile, Kalgoorlie with it's open cut gold mine Super Pit. The biggest man made hole in Australia, perhaps the world. Free viewing area from the top, with 250 tonne trucks looking like miniature toys.

A rest day allows you time to explore the gold mining town, the gold mines and the miner's way of life, before tackling Eyre Highway with the natural beauty of the so called "treeless plain", now thriving with mulga, saltbush and wildflowers in burnt orange sands, home to many native wild birds and animals.

The AllTrails ride will be a tough challenge but nothing like Edward John Eyre's expedition had to encounter on their epic east west trek across the continent in 1841.

The Great Australian Bight is a natural wonder of massive vertical walls of limestone, constantly battered by the Southern Ocean seas, making this awe inspiring, leg quivering cliff top a geographical wonder.

The Bird Sanctuary near Cocklebiddy is on the pure white sand dunes, where wild birds flitter from bush to bush in this open air aviary, an unusual sight near the Bight.

The roadhouse overnight stops welcome you with interesting travellers amazed at your decision and ability to get out there and live life to the max. The day's briefing and the evening meal are real highlights, with boisterous banter before early bedtime.

Whale watching is a highlight, where female whales and their calves wallow in the shallow warm water for months. This Nullarbor nursery is nature at it's best seen from the magnificent board walks.

Morning tea and lunch stops are a time to regroup and encourage one another, share a few laughs and prepare for the next leg.

Explore the sand covered old telegraph station at Eucla on your rest day, the area of many underground limestone caves. Marvel at the awe inspiring sight from cliffs overlooking the Southern Ocean, or simply revel in the joy of cycling one of the world's longest highways, with friends you will cherish and keep for years.

Experience the nightlife, the local pubs, accommodation inside or out, magnificent sunrises and sunsets and the camaraderie that emerges with a small group ride.

Eyre Peninsula and Port Augusta, the junction where travellers converge from north and west will be a welcome site before you head south alongside Spencer Gulf to your ultimate destination, Adelaide and the resumption of normal life after your mammoth conquest skirting the Great Australian Bight.

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