Day 166 - Ten Mile Rocks, Nullarbor, 10th December 2025

There was no rush this morning as we got two and a half hours back when we crossed back into WA. We had a bit of a sleep in and then had smashed avocado on toast to use up our avos before crossing the border. We had a quick stop at Border Village to check all of our fruit and veggies were gone.



Through the quarantine station - this time all good but even if you had forgotten something you could just throw it in the bin there rather than get a big fine!


Over the border we went, the last border crossing of our trip! 


A quick stop at Eucla for fuel and then we were on our way again.


And then it was hundreds of kilometres of nothing!


At Cocklebiddy we stopped to stretch our legs and have some lunch. We read the story of Samantha and Bruce, the Wedge-Tailed Eagles, and went around the back to have a look. Unfortunately, Samantha was the only one there. We asked inside to ask and apparently Bruce died two weeks ago. Wedge-tailed Eagles mate for life so she will live out the rest of her life on her own.



We continued on and hit the 90 Mile Straight.


At Balladonia we had a (very expensive) coffee to recharge and looked around the museum.



Another hour on the road and we pulled into our camp for the night at Ten Mile Rocks.


We sat outside chatting and talking and enjoying our last night together on the open road.



After dinner we went in the van and played some cards and had a few drinks…again. Back to reality soon. 

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