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	Eyre Highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Westwards, the Eyre Highway starts at Port Augusta, South Australia and ends in Norseman, Western Australia and the National Route 94 continues to the gold town of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and then as Great Eastern Highway to Perth, Western Australia.
		The highway between Adelaide and Port Augusta is Port Wakefield Road (National Highway 1).
		Officially the end of the Eyre Highway, it is a small town and a junction of the Eyre Highway and the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eyre_Highway (568 words)

	Eyre Peninsula - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia.
		The main towns are Port Lincoln on the southern point, Whyalla and Port Augusta at the north east, and Ceduna at the northwest.
		They are connected by the Eyre Highway across the inland edge, and the Flinders Highway and Lincoln Highway along the west and east coasts.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Eyre_Peninsula (335 words)

	Encyclopedia: Eyre Highway
		Australias National Highway The National Highway is a system of roads connecting all the States and Territories of Australia, and is the major network of highways connecting Australias largest and most important cities.
		Pt Wakefield Rd is National Highway A1 Port Wakefield Road is an important highway between the South Australian capital, Adelaide and the Port Augusta.
		South Australia General highways map of South Australia Highways of south eastern South Australia South Australia is distinctly divided into two main areas; the well watered and populated southeastern corner and the arid outback for the rest of the state.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Eyre-Highway (1412 words)

	THE NULLARBOR
		The Eyre Highway runs along the southern edge of the Plain and there is only one section of the highway that is not flanked by trees.
		One of the highlights of a trip across the Eyre Highway is a visit to the Head of the Bight lookout, 78 km west of the Yalata Roadhouse.
		Beside the highway 5km west of Caiguna is a blowhole which is a breathing tube for one of the underground cave systems that honeycomb the Nullarbor.
	www.uq.net.au /~zzpeande/travel/enullab.htm (1814 words)

	Western Australia southern region travel, holidays tours and vacations
		This is a diverse area with long stretches of monotonous flat semi-desert where the Eyre Highway follows the southern edge of the Nullabour Plain and culminating in the very attractive coastal, agricultural and tall timber forests in the south west corner of the state.
		The Eyre Highway, which extends westwards from Eucla at the South Australian border across the Nullarbour Plain to Norseman, was once considered to be a drivers worst nightmare.
		- the crossroads for the Eyre Highway to the east, the Coolgardie Highway to the goldfields in the north and the Esperance Highway to the coast in the south.
	www.austtravel.com.au /wa_southern.htm (890 words)

	List of highways in South Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South Australia is distinctly divided into two main areas; the well watered and populated southeastern corner and the arid outback for the rest of the state.
		As a result, highways are concentrated mainly in the southeast.
		The Eyre Highway to Perth and Stuart Highway to Darwin are the only significant highways for the remaining part of the state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_highways_in_South_Australia (124 words)

	National Highway (Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Part of the National Highway system is also in Tasmania, where National Highway 1 connects the State's capital city, Hobart, with the city of Burnie[?], the main seaport for freight traffic to and from the Australian mainland[?].
		Some of the well-known highways that are part of the National Highway include the Hume Highway, the Bruce Highway and the Eyre Highway.
		National Highways are denoted by a route marker in the shape of the shield found in the Australian coat of arms.
	www.termsdefined.net /na/national-highway-(australia).html (546 words)

	Edward_John_Eyre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Born in Hornsea, Yorkshire, Eyre was an English land explorer of the Australian continent.
		Lake Eyre and the Eyre Peninsula, both in South Australia, and the Eyre Highway (the main highway from South Australia to Western Australia) are named in his honour.
		Eyre, together with his Aboriginal companion Wylie, was the first European to traverse the coastline of the Great Australian Bight and the Nullarbor Plain by land in 1840-1841.
	www.partsquote.com /search.php?title=Edward_John_Eyre (196 words)

	Eyre Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Eyre Highway is a highway linking WesternAustralia and South Australia and forms part of the Australian National Highway network linking Perth and Adelaide.Its route number is 1 in Western Australia and A1 in South Australia.
		The Eyre Highway passes through some of the most remote, hottest and driest places in Australia and travelers are advised tostock up with enough extra provisions, water and petrol as the settlements are far and few in-between.
		Officially the end of the Eyre Highway, it is a small town and a junction of the Eyre Highway andthe Coolgardie-Esperance Highway.
	www.therfcc.org /eyre-highway-288040.html (374 words)

	Jane Eyre Essay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The story is that of a governess, Jane Eyre, who, despite her plainness, captures the heart of her enigmatic employer, Edward Rochester, only to discover that he is already married to a woman who, although alive, is entirely insane.
		The Eyre Basin is a large endorheic system surrounding the lakebed, the lowest part of which is filled with the characteristic playa salt pan caused by the seasonal expansion and subsequent evaporation of the trapped waters.
		The Lake Eyre Yacht Club is a dedicated group of eccentrics who sail on the lake's minor floods, including trips in 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2004.
	www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/46/jane-eyre-essay.html (2343 words)

	Eyre Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The highway is named after the explorer John Eyre, who crossed the southern edge of the continent in 1841, a gruelling five-month trek which cost his companion’s life and would have cost his own but for some Aborigines, who helped him locate water.
		Eyre crawled into Albany on his last legs but set the route for future crossings, the laying down of the telegraph lines and, most recently, the highway.
		Following the Eyre Highway, it’s about 730km to the South Australian border and another 480km from there to Ceduna, where the bleak Nullabor section ends.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/west_australia/eyrehighway.asp (411 words)

	Accom.Com.Au - The Eyre Peninsula SA
		The triangular Eyre Peninsula is a vast region which stretches from the sheltered Spencer Gulf in the east, to the fringes of the South Australian side of great Nullarbor Plain in the west.
		The Barrier Highway is one of South Australia's major inland routes, connecting Adelaide with the New South Wales outback and beyond.
		On the Eyre Highway 209 kilometres west of Ceduda, the township of Wudinna is a favoured stopping point for those taking the barren inland route across the Eyre Peninsula.
	australia.accom.com.au /sa/eyre (2056 words)

	nulldriv
		Avoid travelling the Eyre Highway on weekends, particularly Sundays, as that is when most of the trucks do that run.
		Availability of petrol/diesel on the highway is not a problem as there are plenty of roadhouses, with Mundrabilla consistently having the cheapest fuel.
		As you travel the Eyre Highway in your (possibly) airconditioned motorhome with all comforts and conveniences on board, spare a thought for Edward John Eyre, the first European to cross this region in 1841 in an epic journey of hardship and endurance.
	uqconnect.net /~zzpeande/travel/nulldriv.htm (834 words)

	Tod Highway - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tod Highway is an important highway serving South Australia's Eyre Peninsula's wheatbelt.
		It runs from Kyancutta, on the Eyre Highway to Port Lincoln and signed as B90.
		The main town on the highway is Lock, practically in the centre of the Eyre Peninsula.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Tod_Highway (174 words)

	1988, Eyre Highway Encounter, Australia, UFO Casebook Files (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On the 20th January 1988, whilst driving on the Eyre Highway, Nullarbor, Australia, Faye Knowles, her 3 sons, and the family dog, were travelling towards South Australia to visit some relatives.
		Inside the car there was a fine sprinkling of powder and a the strange electrical burning smell.
		One theory put forward was that they had been engulfed in a fierce and very unusual form of electrically charged tornado.
	www.ufocasebook.com /eyrehighway.html (286 words)

	Capricorn Highway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The highway is approximately 560 kilometres long, and joins the (Click link for more info and facts about Landsborough Highway) Landsborough Highway at (Click link for more info and facts about Barcaldine) Barcaldine.
		The highway runs parallel with the (A line of latitude about 23 degrees South of the equator) Tropic of Capricorn, hence its name.
		Running virtually east/west, the highway traverses the area known as the Central Highlands, and crosses the (A mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia) Great Dividing Range to the west of Bogantungan.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Ca/Capricorn_Highway.htm (150 words)

	Eyre Highway - Wikitravel
		The Eyre Highway is the main road that connects South Australia with the south of Western Australia.
		In Port Augusta it splits into the Princess Highway taking you to Adelaide and the East coast cities of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and the Stuart Highway going all the way to Alice Springs and Darwin.
		The highway skirts the southern end of the notorious Nullarbor Plain, roughly between the Nullarbor Roadhouse in the East and Balladonia Roadhouse in the West.
	wikitravel.org /en/Eyre_Highway (666 words)

	The Eyre Peninsula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Eyre Peninsula is a vast region stretching from Whyalla in the east to the W.A.-S.A. border in the west, a distance of 1,000km, and 400km, in the north-south direction from the Gawler Ranges to Port Lincoln.
		The southern Eyre Peninsula encompasses the tourist resort towns of Tumby Bay, famous for its fishing and beautiful offshore islands, the magnificent sheltered waters of Coffin Bay, and the jewel in the crown, the city of Port Lincolnnestled on blue Boston Bay.
		To a large degree, Eyre Peninsula's agricultural economy relies on the annual summer harvest of the golden grain and as a monument to the industry, giant silo complexes dominate the Eyre Peninsula landscape.
	www.medicineau.net.au /eyre/district.html (691 words)

	The Long Road to Ceduna - Eyre Highway, Australia - BootsnAll.com
		Built secretly in 1941 as a Second World War supply route, the Eyre Highway was the first road to connect both sides of Australia.
		Before the highway was sealed, in 1976, the crossing was a treacherous one.
		We left Nundroo as the sun was rising, cruising along the highway under the watchful gaze of bush kangaroos.
	www.bootsnall.com /travelstories/pac/sep02ceduna.shtml (1492 words)

	Eyre Peninsula & Nullarbor Plain Accommodation and Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Eyre Peninsula is renowned for its spectacular coastline and its excellent fishing.
		To the west of the Eyre Peninsula is the Nullarbor Plain.
		The town of Ceduna is found at the eastern end of the Eyre Highway and is a base for whale watchers.
	www.inaustralia.com.au /SA/Eyre_acc.asp (197 words)

	Wudinna - Nullarbor Travel Guide Australia
		Located on the Eyre Highway at the northern end of Wudinna is a Tourist Information Bay that has a number of display boards describing the local history of the area, points of interest, the geology of the area and its associated granite landforms.
		Situated along the main Eyre Highway is the Caltex "Granite Country" Roadhouse which is open from 8-00 am to 7-00 pm Monday to Friday, and 9-00 am to 7-00 pm on weekends.
		Also located on the main Eyre Highway is the Wudinna Mobil Roadhouse which is open between 6-30 am and 10-00 pm 7 days a week.
	www.nullarbornet.com.au /towns/wudinna.html (1302 words)

	Roads Through History Grader
		All that remains to represent this type of medium to large grader is a photograph of one used on the Eyre Highway in the first half of the 20th century.
		The grader was located at the scenic lookout rest area MM132.68 on Eyre Highway near Wigunda Microwave Tower, approximately 53 km west of Nullabor, in 1976.
		The name Eyre Highway appeared around 1945 and for a short time both names were used.
	www.history.sa.gov.au /chu/programs/sa_history/roads/objects/grader_1939.htm (356 words)

	Eyre Bird Observatory
		Eyre Bird Observatory is situated in the wilderness of Nuytsland Nature Reserve, nestled among the mallees (small multi-stemmed gum trees) and sand dunes 50 km from Cocklebiddy Roadhouse (on the Eyre Highway) and one kilometre from the sea to the south.
		Eyre Bird Observatory is a non-profit facility and is self-funded.
		Eyre Bird Observatory is a self funding, not for profit education and research facility.
	www.eyrebirds.org (888 words)

	Kimba Tourism Eyre Peninsula
		Kimba's community of 1300 people is situated halfway across Australia on the world renowned Eyre Highway, Highway One.
		Eyre discovered the Gawler Ranges in 1839, naming them after the then Governor of South Australia.
		This Museum nestles in mallee parkland opposite the large grain silos on the Eyre Highway.
	www.tep.com.au /region/kimba.htm (541 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tod Highway
		Satellite photo of the Eyre Peninsula bushfires, taken on January 11 2005 Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia.
		Port Lincoln is a town at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula, which is a wheat growing area of South Australia.
		Categories: Australian highways This is a list of highways in Australia, listed alphabetically along with its route number and location.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tod-Highway (279 words)

	The Eyre Highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Eyre Highway runs between Port Augusta and Norseman, a distance of 1671km.
		In 1841 Edward John Eyre, after whom the Highway is named, crossed the Nullarbor region from East to West in an epic five month adventure.
		Eyre reported that two of the aborigines finally shot Baxter, and made off with most of the remaining provisions, leaving Eyre and Wylie to their fate.
	www.users.bigpond.com /balladonia/history/eyre.htm (254 words)

	SD to Perth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is named after the explorer, Edward John Eyre, who in 1841 barely survived thirst, hunger and treachery by guides to make the first East-West crossing of the continent.
		The Eyre Highway actually passes through 2 states, SA and WA although for simplicity we refer to it as a South Australian route.
		The Eyre Highway continues west, offering the option of continuing on the Great Eastern Highway straight on to Kalgoorlie and Perth, or head south towards Esperance.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/selfdrives/scoverlander_adlper.html (1159 words)

	Norseman, Western Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Norseman (32°11′ S 121°46′ E) is the last major town in Western Australia before heading east across the Nullarbor Plain on the Eyre Highway.
		It is 726 km east of Perth and 278 m above sea level.
		Norseman is in the middle of the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway providing both an inland (via Coolgardie) and a coastal (via Esperance) route to Perth.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norseman,_Western_Australia (179 words)

	Postcard From Eyre
		This was the former Eyre telegraph station, built in 1897 to replace the original weatherboard cottage, and abandoned just thirty years later when the line moved north.
		The sun was low in the sky when we bid Eyre a reluctant farewell.
		I packed a few of Debbie's greeting cards into my bag before we set off on the return trip, and by the time we extricated ourselves from the dark undergrowth and found our way back to the highway, the stars and our headlights were the only sources of light.
	www.monolith.com.au /Eyre (900 words)

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