Penong is a town and locality on the Nullarbor Plain, in the far west of the state of South Australia located about 616 kilometres (383 mi) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide. With no settlements between it and Border Village on the border with Western Australia, 400 km (250 mi) away on the Eyre Highway, it is a popular rest-stop for travellers.
Windmills adjacent to Penong: each is privately owned and supplies houses and farms with water from the Anjutabie Basin.
Westward view of the Eyre Highway at Penong SA with general store displaying sign "Last shop for 1000 km"
Eyre Highway is a 1,664-kilometre (1,034 mi) highway linking Western Australia and South Australia via the Nullarbor Plain. Signed as National Highways 1 and A1, it forms part of Highway 1 and the Australian National Highway network linking Perth and Adelaide. It was named after explorer Edward John Eyre, who was the first European to cross the Nullarbor by land, in 1840–1841. Eyre Highway runs from Norseman in Western Australia, past Eucla, to the state border. Continuing to the South Australian town of Ceduna, it crosses the top of the Eyre Peninsula before reaching Port Augusta.
Eyre Highway
The Eyre Highway crosses the flat terrain of the Nullarbor Plain
Driving north along the Eyre Highway between Iron Knob and Port Augusta
Nullarbor roadhouse distances sign in 2008