A VAST TREE-LESS FLAT LANDSCAPE
The Nullarbor Plain is a flat, almost treeless, arid and semi-arid area of South Australia located on the Great Australian Bight coast with the Great Victoria Desert to its north. It is the world’s largest single exposure of limestone bedrock and occupies and area of 200,000 square kilometres. At its widest point it stretches 1,100 kilometres across the border between south Australia and Western Australia.
The name Nullarbor is derived from the Latin, nulla meaning “no” and arbor referring to “trees”
A feature of the journey across the plain are the Bunda Cliffs, some 60-120 metres high extend for 210 kilometres along the shore of the Great Australian Bight which can be viewed at several viewing points along the Eyre Highway.
Another feature of the journey across the Nullarbor is essentially the only place to refuel and find basic accommodation and food is the Nullarbor Roadhouse, 300 km west of Ceduna and 200 km east of the western Australian border. (mention the snake sign of the door).