There is actually two corner posts 100 meters apart due to an error made when surveying the border line which didn't line up when the two parties met up. So the one pictured is the west one with the other one showing South Australia on it. We made our way further westward until Laverton and Leonora which is a mining town with a huge open cut. Of great interest is the old ghost town of Gwalia which has many houses and shops still intact with one even having an old piano in it that I banged out a very out of tune Beatles song. The old garage was covered in number plates and an old De Soto out front in remarkable condition due to the lack of rain and many hot days.
The corner post and an old De Soto left at a ghost town
From there it was down to Kalgoorlie to look around and cope with traffic and people again before heading over the Nullarbor Plain which is very flat and straight with one section of road being 146.6 kms ( 90 miles ) without a bend. The worlds longest straight railway line is through here as well at 478 kms or 296 miles without so much as a kink. The sign says to look out for Kangaroos, Camels and Emus along this unfenced road which you won't find anywhere else either.
Kalgoorlie gold mine and an only in Australia warning sign
On the edge of the Nullabor Plain there are the longest underground caves in the world where people come with scuba gear and drag in spare tanks for the return as no one has even been to the end. You can access one of the cave entrances and have a look around. It is known as Cocklebiddy Cave and you will have to ask for directions from the roadhouse as it is an unmarked track. Not far from here is the Eyre Bird Observatory which is worth looking at as it is in the old telegraph station. The track in can be quite fun too as it drops off the escarpment and then runs over sand dunes all the way to the sea. We also took a track that isn't on any maps which follows below the cliff face past old wells and homesteads and is far more interesting than the highway. Came across a heap of old cars which may have been collected from all the breakdowns when crossing the Nullarbor was a lot rougher. We followed it for about 90 kms until we came out the back of the Madura Roadhouse.
The Great Australian Bight and Fowlers Bay
It is worth checking all the lookout points along this road as the views of the longest unbroken line of cliffs in the world is some sight. Eucla Telegraph Station on the border is slowly disappearing under a big dune and had only the chimney left visible when we last checked it out. Fowlers Bay is worth dropping in for a look around this sleepy fishing village which is also fighting the encroachment of the dunes. The locals drive over the dunes behind town to go fishing further down the beach.
So after nine thousand kilometres and in a Jeep that I built up in a week, I had no problems whatsoever. It was the last time I used my roof top camper and small trailer combination as I sold them for the camper trailer with the XJ springs and shocks which you can see all the details of on the trailer page.