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most ghost town, plus heritage buildings, good fishing and rambling dunes. Take the
Fowlers Bay turn-off 106km from Ceduna.
Nundroo Hotel/Motel
MOTEL $
( 08-8625 6120;
www.nundrooaccommodation.com
; Eyre Hwy, Nundroo; unpowered/powered
sites $8/20, d $90; )
If you're heading west, Nundroo has this decent hotel/motel and
the last mechanic until Norseman in WA, 1038km away. There's a very basic dorm, and
worn but comfy motel rooms with updated bathrooms. There's a bar/restaurant onsite,
open 11am until late (meals $15 to $35).
Nullarbor Roadhouse
MOTEL $
( 08-8625 6271;
www.nullarbornet.com.au/towns/nullarbor.html
; Eyre Hwy, Nullarbor; un-
powered/powered sites $20/25, budget rooms s/d/tr $47/57/67, motel s/d/tr $125/145/165;
)
Close to the Head of Bight whale-watching area, this roadhouse is a real oasis. The
onsite bar/restaurant is open from 7am to 10pm (meals $15 to $30).
Border Village Motel
MOTEL $
( 08-9039 3474;
www.nullarbornet.com.au/towns/borderVillage.html
;
Eyre Hwy, Border Village;
unpowered/powered sites $15/20, budget rooms s/d/tr $40/60/70, motel s/d/f from $95/110/
120; )
Just 50m from the WA border, this motel has a variety of modern rooms
and cabins and a licensed restaurant (meals $13 to $25, serving from noon to 2pm and
6pm to 8pm).
FLINDERS RANGES
Known simply as 'the Flinders', this ancient mountain range is an iconic South Australi-
an environment. Jagged peaks and escarpments rise up north of Port Augusta and track
400km north to Mt Hopeless. The colours here are remarkable: as the day stretches out,
the mountains shift from mauve mornings to midday chocolates and ochre-red sunsets.
Before Europeans arrived, the Flinders were prized by the Adnyamathanha peoples for
their red ochre deposits, which had medicinal and ritual uses. Sacred caves, rock paint-
ings and carvings exist throughout the region. In the wake of white exploration came vil-
lages, farms, country pubs, wheat farms and cattle stations, many of which failed under
the unrelenting sun.
The cooler Southern Ranges are studded with stands of river red gums and country
hamlets with cherubic appeal. In the arid Northern Ranges, the desert takes a hold: the
scenery here is stark, desolate and very beautiful.
