My VW #CLM174, driving across the Nullarbor bulldust after leaving Madura.

On the way to Perth after N37, on the Eyre Highway Dick has hitched back to Sydney and Uni, John & I continue. The Beetle #CLM174, now a Classic Car, crossed the unsealed Nullarbor 5 times from Dec 1964 to Dec 1965... The clutch cable broke around Norseman, and I had to develop my clutchless gear change technique from then on. As we entered Perth we slowed at traffic lights so I didn't have to stop. Managed to get to the Dr's place OK, where we camped for a few days before the new job with the GSWA commenced. R57-11 Eyre Hwy VW Neg Tri-x400 link to places to check out www.exploroz.com/Members/6033.250/1/2009/Sydney_to_Perth_... and thegreyroamer.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/wednesday-feb-12th-... on the Nullarbor.. www.australia.com/explore/itineraries/crossing-nullarbor.... Fraser Range mining plans.. www.smh.com.au/business/mining-and-resources/brazilian-gi... Reference about its construction and history.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyre_Highway Eyre Highway is a highway linking Western Australia and South Australia via the Nullarbor Plain. Signed as National Highways 1 and A1, it forms part of Highway 1 and the Australian National Highway network linking Perth and Adelaide. It was named after explorer Edward John Eyre, who was the first to cross the Nullarbor by land in 1840–1841. Eyre Highway runs from Norseman in Western Australia, past Eucla, to the state border. Continuing to the South Australian town of Ceduna, it then crosses the top of the Eyre Peninsula before reaching the city of Port Augusta in South Australia. The construction of the East–West Telegraph line in the 1870s, along Eyre's route, resulted in a hazardous trail that could be followed for interstate travel. A national highway was called for, but the federal government did not see the route as important enough until 1941, when a war in the Pacific seemed imminent. The highway was constructed between July 1941 and June 1942, but was trafficable by January 1942. Though originally named Forrest Highway, after John Forrest, by the war cabinet, it was officially named and gazetted Eyre Highway, a name agreed upon by the states' nomenclature committees. The finished road, while an improvement over the previous route, still was not much more than a track, and remained such throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Efforts to seal the highway began in Norseman in 1960, with the Western Australian section completed in 1969 and the South Australian section finished in 1976. Further improvement works have been undertaken since the 1980s, including widening and reconstructing portions of the road. Before the trip, I drove to Leichart or Annadale to Jax Tyres and bought two new tyres. Maybe they were tye winter tread Suburnites. Which did well on the Nullarbor. Just here online in Jax Tyres, Mitchell, in the ACT getting two new ones for the Focus. 02-07-19 The manager said an Italian started the business in 1964, named it after himself, Jacks Tyres, but he miss-spelt it! p122