Greens Pool at William Bay National Park is rimmed by beach and stone.

Cornered by the karris

Curious about right angles, Sian Prior takes a trigonometric journey to forest and ocean in the state's south-west.

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The Old Telegraph Station

Eucla - Places to See

Eucla
Much photographed ghost remnant of an old Telegraph Station
If there is any resonant image of the difficulty of human habitation on the Nullarbor Plain it has to be the old Telegraph Station at Eucla. Now it is no more than a few old stone walls slowly disappearing under mountainous white sand dunes on the edge of the Great Australian Bight. It is hard to think of any more lonely and isolated image in the whole of Australia.

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The Indian Pacific crossing the Nullarbor far to the north of Madura

Madura - Culture and History

Madura
One of the key road stops on the road across the Nullarbor
Madura is located 1255 km from Perth and 529 km from Norseman. Another roadhouse on the seemingly endless drive across the Nullarbor Plain it offers 24 hour fuel, a motel and caravan park, a restaurant and bar, and the luxury of desalinated fresh water.

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Mount Toolbrunup - the Stirling Ranges near Cranbrook

Cranbrook - Places to See

Cranbrook (including Frankland and the Sterling Ranges National Park)
The Gateway to the Stirling Ranges National Park
Located 318 km south east of Perth, Cranbrook is a tiny, rather inconsequential service centre for the surrounding sheep and cattle country. It is a typical small rural centre with a single pub, some wheat silos and grain loading facilities.

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