Chapter 42: The El Highway

Bow and thank you for the tip of "saliva is full of dogs" with a big 100!

At first, Tang Feng actually wanted to return to China for a while, after all, there were a lot of things at home, and he hadn't been home for two years, so he was really homesick. However, Sam went to the United States alone to run sales, if Tang Feng went home by himself, it seemed a little out of tune, and the most important thing was that Tang Feng always had Sam running sales in his heart, so he didn't go back after thinking about it.

After this batch of natural silver and natural gold is sold, it is best to calm down and go home for a while.

Tang Feng drove the Land Rover all the way to the southeast, this time Tang Feng walked along the famous El Highway, because Tang Feng wanted to enjoy the invincible scenery of the legendary El Highway.

The Ayer Highway is actually part of Australia's Highway 1, the longest road in the world, Australia's Highway 1 is a circle around the entire Australian coast, with a total length of more than 14,500 kilometers. Australia's Highway 1 is made up of many sections, such as the section of the road on the east coast from Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, also known as the Pacific Highway.

The stretch of road from Port Augusta, an important port in South Australia, west to the town of Norseman, is often referred to as the Ayer Highway.

The Eyre Highway is one of the great self-driving adventures in Australia and around the world, and is the intercontinental rail line used by Indo-Pacific trains. The road is 1,675 kilometers long and traverses the entire Nullarbor Plain.

The Nullarbor Plain is located between Norsman and Ceduna in South Australia, about 1,200 kilometres wide at its widest point. In Australia, conquering the Nullarbor Plains was a journey of self-discovery and challenge, with its vast treeless plains and stunning Great Australian Bay cliffs, a short detour south of the Ayer Highway. From the top of the cliff in some places, you can go fishing or watch migratory whales offshore.

The abundant wildlife of the Nullarbor Plains. Kangaroos, emus, dingoes and wedge-tailed hawks can often be seen while driving. There are also many caves scattered throughout the Nullarbor Plains, some of which contain fossils dating back thousands of years.

Along the Eyre Highway, there are inns or motels along the way that offer accommodation, and camping if you wish. And on this road, there is also the longest straight section in the world, and there is not a single turn in the 146-kilometer road!

These are all things that Tang Feng saw from the tourist brochure he bought when he left the Norsman town, and it was because of the magic of the Eyre Highway that Tang Feng decided to challenge this famous road by car.

Before leaving the Norsman Town, Tang Feng also made full preparations, anyway, the space of the Range Rover is large enough, so Tang Feng has prepared a lot of things, food, use, housing and the most important self-defense weapon.

In Australia, guns were not banned before, but in the 90s, there were several major shootings, so the Australian federal government began to strictly control guns. In Australia after 1996, gun ownership was a "conditional special treatment" rather than a "right". Whether a person should own a firearm depends on whether he has the right reason, and the so-called suitable reason includes the following situations: shooting sports enthusiasts, membership in an accredited shooting club, use of legal firearms in the club for recreational shooting, hunting; a licensed security guard of a public or private landlord, or other recognized professional firearm collector who needs to use a firearm (you must be able to prove that you are a faithful collector); A person authorized by law or who has written ministerial permission, for example, to possess a firearm for the purpose of making a film.

It is precisely because there are so many conditions that it is very difficult to get guns in Australia now, which is far inferior to the United States and Canada, which makes Tang Feng, who has lived in the United States for two years, feel very uncomfortable.

But if you can't use a gun, you can't use a gun, although Tang Feng now has private land in Australia, he doesn't have an Australian passport now, he still has a work visa, that is to say, Tang Feng is still a foreigner in Australia.

In order not to cause trouble, Tang Feng gave up the idea of buying guns and bought a few large screwdrivers in a tool shop instead. This thing is very useful for self-defense, and it does not belong to the category of dangerous control knives, in China, drivers who often drive long distances like to use this thing for self-defense.

After spending a lot of money in the small town of Northman, he filled up the Land Rover with fuel and brought two additional oil drums, and then Tang Feng went all the way east and began to challenge the Eyre Highway.

Tang Feng set off from Northman early in the morning, and when he first left Northman Town, the road was still in a semi-hilly and semi-plain area, but the Ayr Highway was relatively easy to run, and there were not many vehicles on the road, so Tang's speed was basically able to maintain a speed of 70 miles per hour.

After more than an hour of driving, after passing Fraser Rench, the field of vision began to widen, and the vast plains of Nullarbor began to show her style. Along the way, there are kangaroos, dingoes and other animals unique to Australia crossing the road, but these animals are not as stupid as they think, and when they cross the road, they often choose to cross the road when there are no vehicles passing through it, which is very magical. However, at night, it can be dangerous, as groups of nocturnal animals such as kangaroos will cross the road without even thinking about whether there are vehicles or not.

But it was precisely because of these animals that Tang Feng slowed down, so it was almost noon when he arrived in Valadonia. From Valadonia to Kaiguna in front, it is the 146-kilometer-long straight section, Tang Feng did not rush to take this straight section, but after having lunch in Valadonia, he started to walk this longest straight section in the world in the afternoon.

It's a real wonder to say that if you balance all four wheels well, you won't even have to take the wheel behind the wheel!

Whether it is in China or in the United States, Tang Feng has really never seen such a long straight section, and I don't know what the designer who built this section of the road thought when he made such an absolutely strange section.

After passing Kaiguna, Tang Feng drove more than 100 kilometers and finally settled in the small town of Madura. This town is more suitable for a stronghold than a town, and like Recentel, where Tang Feng once visited, this small town has only a dozen buildings, and the area is not even as large as the rest area of the domestic highway.

In fact, along the way, the few small places that I passed through were similar to Madura, which is also a characteristic of Australia. Australia itself is vast and sparsely populated, so the small town here is also extraordinarily mini. However, these towns have airport runways on the outside, and they can take off and land small fixed-wing aircraft at any time, which is also a major feature of Australian towns!