Type material examined.--AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: Holotype male, Dingo Cave [6N-160],
Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, Australia [31[degrees]51'S, 126[degrees]44'E], near entrance, 28 October 1968, J.
In 1919, after a long association with Aborigines in Western Australia, she set up a camp at a siding called Ooldea on the South Australian side of the
Nullarbor Plain and stayed there for the next 16 years.
It sailed there under jury rig then was trucked across the
Nullarbor Plain to Melbourne.
October - December 2004: Drive up to North Western Australia, around the west and south-west coasts, across the
Nullarbor Plain, over snowy mountains and up the south-east coast of New South Wales to Sydney;
The
Nullarbor Plain is conspicuous by its absence, as are Ayers Rock/Uluru and Lake Eyre.
The most remote wine region in the world, southwest Western Australia is cooled by prevailing winds from both the Indian and Southern oceans and separated from the eastern coast of the continent by the
Nullarbor Plain and the Great Victoria Desert.
The Great Victoria Desert looms in from the northeast, the Simpson Desert from the northwest, and the bleak and treeless
Nullarbor plain crowds in from the west.
Haag's reputation is particularly bad in Western Australia, where untold thousands of meteorites pepper the vast tract of desolation called the
Nullarbor Plain. Australia's state and federal laws make it illegal to export meteorites without a permit.
However, in early November he suffered severe pain in his feet as he crossed the
Nullarbor Plain, almost calling his journey off and only continuing with the help of strong painkillers, and was slowed down by the injury.
The 42-year-old will aim to complete 41 miles each day, tackling some of the country's hardest terrain including the desert area, the
Nullarbor Plain, and part of the Australian Outback, and hopes to finish the run on Christmas Eve at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
Along the way, it journeys the longest stretch of straight track in the world -- 297 miles through the
Nullarbor Plain. No other train journey in the world passes through so many different types of terrain in a single country.