Right, so you can't do the Nullarbor without stopping at this beauty—the 90 Mile Straight sign on the Eyre Highway. It's one of those classic photo ops that every traveller tackling the Big Lap absolutely has to tick off the list. And yes, before you ask, we absolutely did!
Lisa was more than happy to ham it up for the camera at this iconic brown sign that marks the start (or end, depending which way you're heading) of Australia's longest straight road. Now, despite the name, it's actually 146.6 kilometres long—roughly 90 miles if you're still thinking in the old measurements. Either way, it's a hell of a lot of straight road stretching out across the Nullarbor Plain.
The landscape here is pretty much exactly what you'd expect from the Nullarbor—flat as a tack with low scrubland spreading out to the horizon in every direction. The sky was absolutely cracking—bright blue without a cloud in sight—which made for some ripper photos. There's something quite mesmerising about all this emptiness, even if it does look a bit samey after a while.
What makes this spot special isn't just the road itself, but the fact that it's become a bit of a pilgrimage site for road trippers. Nearly every vehicle that passes this way pulls over for a quick snap. We chatted with a couple of other travellers who were doing the same thing, swapping stories about the journey so far and what lies ahead.
The actual drive along the 90 Mile Straight is an experience in itself. You'd think it might be boring—and yeah, it does require a bit of concentration to stay alert on such a monotonous stretch—but there's something strangely meditative about it. Just you, the road, and the vast Australian outback stretching endlessly in all directions.
It's these classic stops that really define the Nullarbor crossing. Sure, it's just a sign beside a very long, very straight road, but it represents something bigger—the challenge, the adventure, and the sheer audacity of driving across one of the most remote stretches of highway in the world. Nullarbor conquered, one straight road at a time!
