5 September 2010-The wind had calmed to its usual state, only traces of rain were predicted, there was a modicum of sun, so it was a very good day to start across the Nullarbor. We stopped for breakfast (bacon, eggs, and toast), as is our custom, after about two hours of riding, and while there met Howard, from New South Wales, riding a Honda Shadow, on his way to Perth. He is a semi-retired cabbie who has been riding for 18 months. This is his first long trip. He asked if he could tag along with us, and we were glad for the company. The Plain is an amazingly empty place. We have been through lots of isolated places, but this one takes the cake for emptiness. For a good part of the first 500 km the road is very close to the top of the limestone cliffs that make up the Great Australian Bight. Good picture opportunity. We stopped at Border Village, immediately east of the West Australian border, and set our clocks back 45 minutes to WA/SA Border Time. There is village, just petrol station, restaurant, motel complex, but there is a very nice non-denominational chapel set up in one of the rooms. No G3 internet access – the only place on our whole trip where that has been the case.