Pack up went well in Ceduna and we started the Nullarbor trek. We decided to do the Nullarbor Golf Links, but the weather has not been very conducive to this great plan. The Nullabor Links is known as the longest Golf Course in the world. The course spans 1,365 kilometres with one or more holes in each participating town or roadhouse along the Eyre Highway, from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia to Ceduna in South Australia. We won’t do all of them this trip, as some of them are not on the way that we have planned to go, but apparently you can do the hole and get your card stamped at any time in the future. Once complete you can pick up your certificate from either the Kalgoorlie or Ceduna Tourist Centre. We thought it might be a bit of fun along the way and break up the driving too.  The first two holes were at the Ceduna Golf Club and Col has started taking footage of it on the GoPro.  We got to the green, but they were black sand, known as scrapes. Neither Col nor I have had any experience with scrapes, so we are not sure of the etiquette.  We flattened out a path to the hole and had our putts. Interesting experience. This is not the typical manicured fairways and well dressed sport that we have come to know . This is Golf, Australian Outback style.
http://www.nullarborlinks.com/course
Next hole on the Nullarbor Links course was at Penong and we also stopped to see the Windmills nearby.
These holes are challenging, let me tell you.  The hole was the other side of the trees in the photo below. Luckily we are finding more balls than we are losing at this stage.
We then headed off to stay at Nundroo and stayed at a roadside free camp for one night, which is just east of Nundroo. The camp wasn’t bad, although you can hear the trucks going past as it is close to the Eyre Highway. The weather has also gone from one extreme to another – now raining and cold.
Col went all ‘Bear Grylls’ when we arrived at this camp and decided to collect rain water coming off of the annex. He also insisted on making cups of coffee with it and boiling our potatoes in it. I wasn’t too keen to have annex juice in our coffees and food, but it actually turned out fine. Pleased to say he got a great fire going too and the rain stopped in the evening so we got to sit around it which is always awesome.
Annex juice …. laughed out loud at that. Better than the new tank coffee Col insisted we all have on your 1st trip !!
Great update x
You should have seen my ‘totally not impressed’ face, watching the water drip from the annex into the kettle. Classic.
That totally made me laugh remembering the plastic coffee we all had to drink when we first go the van. I remember stopping for a coffee in town and then driving about 5 minutes down the road when Col suggested stopping for a coffee made in the van. It tasted truly awful!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha. Great memory, thanks Limpett! xx
Oooo yes we all remember that cuppa stop hahah
We did see the first little look at Col becoming a Grey back then .Im not sure Annex juice much better ,so we will have to rely on you and beleive in you for that one cos not sure ever going to experience that in my life lol .So Querky or Kooky ????
It’s hard to forget Jo…. burnt into our memories
And yes I think he was planning the Grey Nomad lifestyle from the moment he began thinking of the van. I would definitely choose the rainwater coffee off the annex than the plastic water coffee anyday!!! x
Ahhh it was only a matter of time before Limpett came up …. (Flaps McGee xxxxx)
Are you free camping tonight
another great camping story!
We are staying at the Nullarbor Roadhouse tonight and did mention firewood in the next blog update, without being too specific.
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Forgot to ask how you are going finding firewood along the way. Would be interesting for fellow travelers too ?