Crossing the Nullarbour

From Perth, we took the train to Adelaide, in one of the world's great train journey's across the south of the continent. The main, underlying feature of the trip is endless Nullarbour ("no tree") plain that is to be crossed. It definintely gives you a great feel for the vastness of the continent. The plain is covered in nothing but patches of low, scrubby grass and is dead flat, with virtually no water. One stretch of track is the longest continuous stretch of straight railroad in the world and is accompanied, not too far away, by a corresponding longest stretch of straight highway.