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Travellers recall Nullarbor crossings before and after Eyre Highway was sealed

Travellers recall Nullarbor crossings before and after Eyre Highway was sealed

Fifty years ago, crossing the Nullarbor was not simply a matter of filling the tank, pointing the car east or west and settling in for a long drive. Cars broke down. Tyres blew. Corrugations shook travellers for hours. Heavy rain could turn the road into mud, and sometimes the smoothest route was not the highway … Read more