Yesterday we flew from Brisbane to Perth. We are going to take the Indian Pacific train back from Perth to Sydney, which should be excellent.
I had a book to read on the 5 hour flight but the view from my window kept me fascinated almost the entire way. We flew over cultivated land for some time before the mostly untouched landscape of western New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia appeared below me.
The terrain became more brown and mountainous.
What look like salt pans appeared with the most incredible patterns.
This one looks like a rabbit.
As we flew towards the Great Australian Bight the land had ripples as if it was the floor of the sea, which it probably once was.
The bight came into existence when Gondwana broke apart and separated Antarctica from Australia around 50 million years ago. It extends from the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia to Cape Pasley, east of Esperance in Western Australia.
If you look at a map of Australia it does look as though a large chunk has been bitten off. The coastline has steep cliff faces and rocky capes. It is about 1,160 kilometres in length.
I thought I could see the railway line we will be travelling on in a few days.
We were soon near the coast and the Great Australian Bight.
Then the sea and the sky merged into one.
The south of Western Australia appeared soon. There is lots of farming land where wheat, oats and barley are grown. Everything looked very brown so I supposed the crops have been harvested.
Flying under flat bottomed clouds.
Coming into Perth…and 42 degrees.
The lovely Fremantle sunset.
It is a mistake to think that inland Australia is boring and there is nothing much to see. Going by train across the Nullarbor will be interesting. There will be photos.