NULLARBOR

One of Australia's amazing sights is the coastline for the 100km before you reach the Western Australia/South Australia border. There are loads of lookouts along the way, and the cliffs just have to be seen to be believed. The Nullarbor plain used to be at the bottom of the sea (which is one reason for its sandy soils and lack of vegetation), but over time it came straight up above sea level, and you can see the evidence in the cliffs: they're huge, white and totally vertical, for as far as the eye can see. The sea pounds away with no remorse, and the Eyre Highway passes within a few hundred metres for quite a long stretch.
 
The cliffs along the centre of the Great Australian Bight are very rugged and seem to go on forever. The first lookout isn't a lookout as such; it's a gravel road that takes you 10km to the Head of the Bight, the most northerly point of the Great Australian Bight.
As you head west after the Nullarbor Roadhouse, the cliffs kick in, and you can go right to the edge and peer over, if you don't get vertigo. Possibly the spookiest part is looking at the cliffs along the coast from you, and seeing how the edges look really unstable, as if they could fall in at any time. After a while of going west the cliffs gradually turn into flatter scrubland, with these incredibly huge sand dunes lining rough beaches: if it didn't look so dangerous, these beaches would be paradise.

AVAILABLE HOLIDAY PACKAGES TO THIS REGION:

Adelaide to Perth 10 Day Wildlife Adventure Enjoy a sunset at Lake Gairdner, a tour to the Coodlie Park Farm Retreat and see the indigenous men and women doing traditional art paintings at the Ceduna Indigenous Arts and Culture Centre. Rate from : Available on request

Perth to Adelaide 9 Day Wildlife Adventure Be amazed by the rock formation at Wave Rock and journey onto the Nullarbor Plains to see the majestic Nullarbor Cliffs. Visit the historical settlement in Fowlers Bay and enjoy some extreme fun sand boarding on the massive sand dunes. Rate from : Available on request