About OZ - This surprised me.

[TOMCAT]

Vehicles that travel the outback roads regularly have banks of spot-lights that would destroy a human retina at 5 miles that's why a lot of the roos out there are blind

 

[cusso ken]

I was driving across the Nullarbor one night, on cruise control at 70mph, when a truck came into view - so we doth dropped our headlights to low beam. We passed each other 20 minutes later! Assuming he was also doing 70mph, it means that we were about 45 miles apart when we dropped to low beam because our lights were too bright.

Curvature of the earth is why you actually see the top clearance and roof running lights before you see the headlights on a big truck coming towards you on these flat sections of road , if you don't see the running lights its only a car so you have a bit more room to keep off the soft edges, I ran 4x100 Watt high beam lights and 2x150 Watt Fyrlt high mount driving lights on the 3070 turned night into day, but mesmerizes the Roo's and they just stand there and get smashed ,you cannot swerve or break at 100Kph plus for them and risk throwing your trailer down the road.

 

[TOMCAT]

Possibly the one and perhaps only positive of the Nulabor is the lack of trees (Nul-abor.. latin for no trees).... therefore no drop-bears. One of the safest places in Australia for a tourist to sleep under the stars.

Except ...... for the Wolf Creek dude .

 

[cusso ken]

Possibly the one and perhaps only positive of the Nulabor is the lack of trees (Nul-abor.. latin for no trees).... therefore no drop-bears. One of the safest places in Australia for a tourist to sleep under the stars.

Except ...... for the Wolf Creek dude .

I am amazed no one has has mentioned the Bunyip Man, long before White settlement of Australia the Aboriginals knew of the bunyip monster ,cave paintings show him/it and early white citizens record it's howling and screams of stock being ripped apart by the half man half demon, some Billabongs with fresh water and plentiful fish stocks were avoided for years by the natives after a Bunyip sighting, Wikipedia describe him as the Great man

 

[TOMCAT]

Had a mate buy 80 acres in Bunyip country years ago .. it was really cheap land needless to say .. no way known i would have built a home there like he did.

 

[1olbull]

Vehicles that travel the outback roads regularly have banks of spot-lights that would destroy a human retina at 5 miles that's why a lot of the roos out there are blind

Are you serious? Blind from headlights and spotlights? WOW!

 

[TOMCAT]

Are you serious? Blind from headlights and spotlights? WOW!

That's why they run out in front of speeding vehicles .. they can hear them but have absolutely no idea where the vehicle is .. sad really .. poor blind kangaroos

 

[TURBO200R4]

Was on a similar bit of straight road out past Longreach - had remarked to a guy in a servo that it would be a good spot for a quick run cos cops couldn't hide anywhere - he said don't kid yourself - there are small undulations in the area and the cops plant "hull-down" in the middle of nowhere and get a wonderful shot of you coming from miles away, without even having to interrupt their snacking.....

Then they just yawn, have a stretch, hop out of the car, and hold their hand up........

THEY USE TO DO THAT HERE (HENCE THE TERM ROAD KILL)