You know you’re in Australia....
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382068)
Rockingham, Australia
May 23, 2018 5:22pm CST
...... when you’re looking for a place called Slaty Creek Reserve, Possum Trak, Cabbage Tree. That’s where we were heading when we got a bit lost. Aren’t those great names? However we ended up on a track with no name.
While getting off-track as we did might sound a bit worrying, once we thought out what we’d do, it was fine. The State Emergency Service (SES) usually deals with helping those affected by natural disasters which I suppose could cover fallen trees.
However if they couldn’t help us we would have unhitched the caravan and driven to the town which was only perhaps 5 kms away and hired or bought a small chainsaw and got ourselves out. The tree wasn’t big but awkwardly positioned so we weren’t able to shift it with the car.
The photo was taken at Eucla in South Australia on the Nullarbor Plain. At that stage we had 1909 kms to go to get to Melbourne. There is a small town there with a nice motel there and a restaurant. I like the markers on the post second from the top showing how far it is to Dave and Andy’s. I have no idea who they are.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
23 May 18
Nothing beats Batman though. I still can't believe there is a place in Australia named Batman!
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
24 May 18
@rakski Yup there is a region in Australia named district of batman and here is the wikipedia article about it
Open main menu Search The Division of Batman is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It takes its name from John Batman, one of the founders of the city of Melbourne. The division was created in 1906, replacing the Division of Norther
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
24 May 18
lol Well they must be important to have a town named after them lol
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
25 May 18
@JudyEv lol I suppose they are really towns
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 May 18
@BelleStarr No, it's just someone's idea of a joke.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
24 May 18
Only down under do you have names like that!
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 May 18
@JohnRoberts Yes, it does and just some of it is our very own.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
25 May 18
@JudyEv A lot of your Aussie lingo comes from England.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
24 May 18
We don't get signs like that here in the UK. It's the kind of thing I tend to see only in movies. I'm glad you figured out what to do. I would have bee panicking!
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
25 May 18
@JudyEv Yes it can be a bit harrowing being in unfamiliar territory.
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
27 May 18
I do like that whimsical sign. Why, heck, Australia is even bigger than Texas!
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 May 18
It is certainly a big country. We're 3,511 kms from home and the caravan next to us is from Capel just 30km from Donnybrook.
@dgobucks226 (37621)
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25 May 18
Boy, you never know when a big tree is going to stop the caravan 
Very unusual sign and many of the bigger cities like Perth, Sydney and Melbourne were quite some distance away 
Very unusual sign and many of the bigger cities like Perth, Sydney and Melbourne were quite some distance away 1 person likes this
@Starmaiden (9308)
• Canada
23 May 18
That's a funny sign indeed! 
Daves and Andys.
Is that to say you reached a point of going no further onward? There doesnt seem to be any marker for "straight ahead".
Daves and Andys.
Is that to say you reached a point of going no further onward? There doesnt seem to be any marker for "straight ahead". 1 person likes this
@Starmaiden (9308)
• Canada
24 May 18
@JudyEv That's a good thing. Any indigenous communities? I heard that the Aussie Indigenous peoples are headhunters.
@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 May 18
Friends in Adelaide had a photo of a place called 'Nowhere Else'. I'm hoping we'll come across some more.
@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
24 May 18
Haha!.. I would like to know who Dave and Andy are.. Could be farmers? Or maybe places where motorists can spend overnight?..
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@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 May 18
We do have some very weird names for some of our towns.
@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 May 18
There wasn't much going on while we were there although there is quite a settlement there.
@aureliah (24687)
• Kenya
24 May 18
Mmm thats a long way to go to get there. This is an adventure of a lifetime
@Lignitecityabishek96 (7114)
• Cuddalore, India
24 May 18
It seems the distance is so long. I think you people need Airline frequently.
