Guide to the People and towns in rural Western Australia and South Australia, 2023

View of Lake Bumbunga, Lochiel, South Australia, 23 June, 2023 (Item PIC/21352/1)

Lake Bumbunga is a salt lake between the town of Lochiel and the farming locality of Bumbunga, approximately 1.5 hours' drive from Adelaide. The lake's colour is casued by algae and apprears pink. Salt has been mined here since 1881.

Aerial view of the Eyre Highway, looking west on the Nullarbor Plain, Great Victoria Desert, South Australia, 27 June, 2023 (Item PIC/21352/2)

Eyre Highway is a 1,664-kilometre highway linking Western Australia and South Australia via the Nullarbor Plain. The Nullarbor Plain is the world's largest exposure of limestone bedrock and stretches over 200,000 km.

Aerial view of the Eyre Highway, looking east on the Nullarbor Plain, Great Victoria Desert, Nullarbor, South Australia, 27 June, 2023 (Item PIC/21352/3)

View of the tailings dump of the Central Norseman goldmine, Norseman, Western Australia, Australia, 12 July, 2023 (Item PIC/21352/4)

Norseman Goldmine, which lies west to the Norseman township According to the 2021 census, Norseman has a population of 562. Its goldmine is Australia's longest such operation. It is claimed that more than 100 tonnes of gold has been extraced from the area since the gold reef's discovery in 1892

Portrait of Swiss cyclist Ivo Schaer with a road train passing behind, Eyre Highway, South Australia, 15 July, 2023 (Item PIC/21352/5)

Ivo Schaer, 41, a cyclist from Switzerland, left his home of Lucerne twelve months ago and has since cycled through Europe, Turkey, Iran and Nepal to raise money for charity, continuing his journey in Australia.

Aerial view of Iron Knob mine, Iron Knob, South Australia, 16 July, 2023 (Item PIC/21352/6)

Iron Knob mine was founded in 1900. Once considered one of the purest iron ore deposits in the world at more than 60% metallic content, mining ceased in 1998, but recommenced in 2013. According to Australia's 2021 census, the surrounding town has a population of 110.

Sand dunes undergoing rejuvenation after a bushfire, Esperance, Western Australia, 10 July, 2023 (Item PIC/21352/7)

Petrol station at the Nullarbor Roadhouse, Eyre Highway, Nullarbor, South Australia, 26 June, 2023 (Item PIC/21352/8)

The Nullarbor Roadhouse, a remote stop on a treeless plain, is approximately 300 km west of Ceduna, and 200 km east of the South Australian/West Australian border.

Wind turbines at the Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park (PAREP), Port Augusta, South Australia, 24 June, 2023 (Item PIC/21352/9)

The Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park (PAREP) is a combined wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) hybrid project 8km south east of Port Augusta. When complete, the project is expected to produce 900 gigawatt hours (GWh) yearly. This is enough to power 180,000 households for a year with emissions savings of around 400,000 metric tonnes of CO2 annually

Sharmayne McWalters prepares to putt on the artificial green at 'Skylab', the 12th hole at the Nullarbor Links Golf Course, Balladonia, Western Australia, 13 July, 2023 (Item PIC/21352/10)

The Nullarbor Links is the world's longest golf course, with 18 holes over 1,365 km of the Eyre Highway in South Australia and Western Australia. The 'Skylab' 12th hole is a 175m Par 3 hole through scrub. It gets its name from the US space station from which debris fell on the area in of 1979 after it disintegrated in the atmosphere.