Perth to Phillip Island · seven days
6 days · 5 nights out · 3,830 km · 38 h riding · longest day 692 km
3,830 km
Total
38 h
Driving time
4
Twisty
Day by day
Day 1
Perth → Kalgoorlie
591 km
6h 44m
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Northam
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Merredin
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Southern Cross
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Coolgardie Old gold town with a main street of heritage buildings. Short stop.
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Kalgoorlie Night 1. Last big town and the cheapest place to fill up before the Nullarbor.
Day 2
Kalgoorlie → Cocklebiddy
631 km
6h 38m
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Norseman Start of the Eyre Highway. Norseman to Balladonia is the longest fuel gap at 191 km.
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Balladonia Free museum with the Skylab story. The Afghan Rock rest stop nearby is a small free camp.
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Caiguna
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Cocklebiddy Night 2. Free camp on the tracks near the roadhouse. Fuel here in the morning.
Day 3
Cocklebiddy → Penong
692 km
7h 7m
1 lookout
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Madura Madura Pass lookout over the plain.
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Eucla Old telegraph station ruins in the dunes. The clocks go forward 1h45 here.
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Border Village Quarantine check at the border: no fruit or veg across into SA.
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Nullarbor Roadhouse Pin sits on the highway just east of the roadhouse.
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Penong Night 3. Free camp at the old Cohen school site on the highway.
Day 4
Penong → Port Augusta
543 km
5h 58m
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Ceduna
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Wudinna
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Kimba The Big Galah. Halfway across Eyre Peninsula.
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Port Augusta Night 4.
Day 5
Port Augusta → Bordertown
580 km
6h 23m
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Port Wakefield
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Mount Barker Adelaide Hills, a good place to stretch before the flat run to the border.
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Tailem Bend
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Keith
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Bordertown Night 5.
Day 6
Bordertown → Ballarat
386 km
5h 24m
2 lookouts
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Frances Back road across the border, in place of the Western Highway.
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Goroke
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Natimuk Mount Arapiles is on the doorstep.
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Halls Gap The Grampians. The bends start here and run on through Pomonal.
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Ararat
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Ballarat Night 6.
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