8^th January 2017 Esperance to Kalgoorlie

Esperance to Kalgoorie

The trip from Esperance is long and straight with few attractions on the route but with more vegetation on either side of the road than we would have guessed.

Long straight roads

The distractions are the salt lakes, the odd railway line crossings, road trains and the occasional road kills. 

Road train (53.5 m long)

On this occasion we spotted an emu crossing the road, which was quite an unexpected treat. At Norseman one can pick up the road east to Adelaide, only 2200 km, and now all on a sealed road.

The Lefroy salt lake at Kambalda is absolutely huge with an area of 57,000 hectares. 

Lefroy Salt Lake

At various times of the year they undertake land yachting on the lake and last year one sailor reached a new world land sailing record of 110 kph (68.75 mph).

Land Yachting