“Don't be like me and mention the distance disparity to the publican at the Gateway Hotel”
Not many travellers question it, but Kimba residents claim to live halfway across Australia on the drive between Sydney and Perth. Let's agree it's as close to the middle as any significant town apart from Ceduna, but it sounds like Kimba got the jump on the seaside port and good luck to them.
Local businesses stake their claim to geographic centrality with significant signs and a giant galah outside the Halfway Across Australia Gem Shop and Cafe, where tourists pose and post their transcontinental progress online. The internet is strong here, and that's a welcome difference after or before the long run across the Nullarbor. That galah is over eight metres tall, and a recent makeover has freshened it up, so it's an excellent addition to your photographic collection of BIG things. The
