Left Kimbalda and headed north on Alt 94 to Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Went to the Super Pit and
looked around and took some pictures. The mine is over a mile long, half mile wide and 1000 feet deep. The biggest hole in the southern hemisphere. Walked around old town some. Went to the WA University Mining Mineral collection. Pretty good. Lots of local 
stuff and samples from all over the world. One of the better laid out displays. On problem, as I tried to leave the door had been lock electronically. Apparently a new system. Well the sign said “In emergency break glass.” So I did and an alarm went off, the door opened and I walked out, but no one 
came to see what was happening. I went to a main door intercom that said “Press” and when I did I got someone from Perth who did not have a clue about what was going on. Finally a lady came to the door and we both had a good laugh. Headed south on hwy 94 almost back to Norseman. Plan on going back to the rock hounding place tomorrow again.Day 97 November 4 Election Day and Melbourne Cup (Horseracing)
Left the wayside park and drove the few kilometers south to the fossicking site. It is 11.2 km
north of the Hwy 94 Hwy 1 intersection. (S 32 07.942 E121 42.171) Very few flies today. Hunted and dug for about 4 hours. Sound some gold lace agate, moss opal (agate?) and opalite. Now to figure out what to send to Shelton and what to keep for me to take home. Going to be tough. Filled up with water and some food in Norseman and started on the Nullarbor road to South Australia. Spent the night at a wayside park just 83 km from Norseman. Fun day. (PS: Melbourne cup is the biggest horse racing event in Australia. Everything stops and people watch and listen and of course bet. Exciting, as it was a photo finish and the closest race ever run in the cup. Winner won by less than a whisker according to the radio announcer)
Left the wayside park and drove the few kilometers south to the fossicking site. It is 11.2 km
north of the Hwy 94 Hwy 1 intersection. (S 32 07.942 E121 42.171) Very few flies today. Hunted and dug for about 4 hours. Sound some gold lace agate, moss opal (agate?) and opalite. Now to figure out what to send to Shelton and what to keep for me to take home. Going to be tough. Filled up with water and some food in Norseman and started on the Nullarbor road to South Australia. Spent the night at a wayside park just 83 km from Norseman. Fun day. (PS: Melbourne cup is the biggest horse racing event in Australia. Everything stops and people watch and listen and of course bet. Exciting, as it was a photo finish and the closest race ever run in the cup. Winner won by less than a whisker according to the radio announcer)Day 98 November 5 Wednesday
No radio so I did not hear how the election went as no radio since I left Norseman. Left the wayside park and headed for the straightest stretch of highway in Australia. It is 90 miles long,
no hint of a curve. It is also interesting that the vegetation gets less as I am heading east. The whole Nullarbor road is about 950 km (570 miles) From Norseman to the SA boarder is 713 km and only one town 13 km from the border with 100 people. Four 
roadhouses in between. As I was driving I looked over at the passenger side and there at the inside of the window was a big spider about 4 inches. It was hairy like a tarantula but looked different. I stopped the van and went to the drivers side. It hid in the door jam. I threw a small hand full of sand at it to try and knock it to the ground. It jumped back in side so I ended up killing it with my hat. Poor thing. (As I was getting this ready for email a local said it was a Huntsman spider. Harmless) .I managed to get five minutes of radio and found Obama had won as I expected he would. The Democrats could have nominated a dog and it would have won. Well they almost nominated Hilary. Spent the night 29 km from the Madura at another roadside park.
No radio so I did not hear how the election went as no radio since I left Norseman. Left the wayside park and headed for the straightest stretch of highway in Australia. It is 90 miles long,
no hint of a curve. It is also interesting that the vegetation gets less as I am heading east. The whole Nullarbor road is about 950 km (570 miles) From Norseman to the SA boarder is 713 km and only one town 13 km from the border with 100 people. Four 
roadhouses in between. As I was driving I looked over at the passenger side and there at the inside of the window was a big spider about 4 inches. It was hairy like a tarantula but looked different. I stopped the van and went to the drivers side. It hid in the door jam. I threw a small hand full of sand at it to try and knock it to the ground. It jumped back in side so I ended up killing it with my hat. Poor thing. (As I was getting this ready for email a local said it was a Huntsman spider. Harmless) .I managed to get five minutes of radio and found Obama had won as I expected he would. The Democrats could have nominated a dog and it would have won. Well they almost nominated Hilary. Spent the night 29 km from the Madura at another roadside park.Day 99 November 6 Thursday
While going to sleep I wondered if that creepy spider had any friends here in the van. Left the roadside park and continued east along the Nullarbor. Told some Auzzies that Nullarbor stood
for “nul” 
meaning nothing and “bor” as being short for boring. In fact it comes from early explorers calling it “nullus arbor” . Left Western Australia and went into Southern Australia. The highway goes close to the ocean cliffs and the views are terrific. Only problem is you can’t get too close to the edge as the limestone may give way. A long way down. Flies were kind of bad again today. Spent the night at a wayside park about 170 km from the border. Have to eat up all fresh stuff today to get through the agricultural check point tomorrow.
While going to sleep I wondered if that creepy spider had any friends here in the van. Left the roadside park and continued east along the Nullarbor. Told some Auzzies that Nullarbor stood
for “nul” 
meaning nothing and “bor” as being short for boring. In fact it comes from early explorers calling it “nullus arbor” . Left Western Australia and went into Southern Australia. The highway goes close to the ocean cliffs and the views are terrific. Only problem is you can’t get too close to the edge as the limestone may give way. A long way down. Flies were kind of bad again today. Spent the night at a wayside park about 170 km from the border. Have to eat up all fresh stuff today to get through the agricultural check point tomorrow.Day 100 November 7 Friday
Left the wayside after a very windy night. Continued on the Nullarbor.
Stopped at “The Bight of Australia” which is the northern most point of the Southern Ocean. Here from May though October whales come from 
Antartica to 
calf. I missed of course. Nice views of the cliffs again. Saw a dingo this morning at 9 am. He was ambling along with his head down like he had a hard unsuccessful night of hunting. Spent the night at Ceduna, the official end of the Nullabor highway.
Left the wayside after a very windy night. Continued on the Nullarbor.
Stopped at “The Bight of Australia” which is the northern most point of the Southern Ocean. Here from May though October whales come from 
Antartica to 
calf. I missed of course. Nice views of the cliffs again. Saw a dingo this morning at 9 am. He was ambling along with his head down like he had a hard unsuccessful night of hunting. Spent the night at Ceduna, the official end of the Nullabor highway.
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