The Nullarbor Plain is named after a derivation of the Latin for 'no trees', the reason being (surprise) there are virtually no trees there. What there is, is hundreds of miles of, well....nothing. Great, you say, must go, sounds really interesting. Well, if you were to fly between Perth and Adelaide you would truly miss out on one of the great journeys of Australia. In all it is over 2700km from Adelaide to Perth, virtually the distance from London to Moscow. There are two options for traversing the Nullarbor.

The first is the train (named the Indian Pacific). It takes about 40 hours and heads straight through the middle of the Nullarbor. It is probably one of the best ways to discover the true size of Australia and is truly one of the worlds great train journeys. It includes the longest stretch of dead straight railway line in the world (478km), and some of the most remote human settlements in Australia.

The second means of crossing the Nullarbor is by road. The trip along the Eyre Highway surprisingly actually features quite a number of trees. It follows the coast for much of the distance and received a fair amount of rain in the winter months. There are numerous stops to be made to make this epic car journey including the bird observatory at Eyre and the spectacular sand dunes in Eucla.

There are also plenty of opportunities for those road sign photos (eg 893km till the next food or water, featured in Cook at watering station on the Rail crossing). There is also no shortage of Kitsch, Border Village 13km from Eucla features a 5m high fibreglass Kangaroo. Weird Nullarbor Story.

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