Today was to be another driving all day kind of day. First stop after the end of the Nullarbor was Norseman in Western Australia. Here we found a very welcome information center with toilets and showers so we took advantage of both. We also stopped for lunch at a small Thai cafe as well as visiting the local pharmacy for some decongestant for my cold and the local news-agency for a Telstra pre-paid sim card. One thing we hadn't counted on when setting out was the complete lack of connectivity for both our Optus network mobile phones and also my Aldi (Telstra sometimes only) phone. It seems Telstra has the only true nation-wide network and even then there are serious black spots along some of the more remote highways. Anyway, suitably equipped, our children are now able to contact us most days should the need arise. Then it was on to Boulder near Kalgoorlie to find a public dump point before then heading into Kalgoorlie proper and setting up camp at a free 24 hour stopover at Centennial Park. This a great facility with public toilets nearby and something every town could learn from.
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