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Nullarbor Plain
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Null·ar·bor Plain  (nl-bôr, nl-ärbr)
A region of south-central Australia south of the Great Victoria Desert and north of the Great Australian Bight. It is the site of a major rocket research center.

Nullarbor Plain [ˈnʌləˌbɔː]
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(Placename) a vast low plateau of S Australia: extends north from the Great Australian Bight to the Great Victoria Desert; has no surface water or trees. Area: 260 000 sq. km (100 000 sq. miles)
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Noun1.Nullarbor Plain - a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian BightNullarbor Plain - a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center
Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony


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Tackle the arid Nullarbor Plain aboard the Indian Pacific and quench your thirst at a wine bar in Perth.
The Nullarbor Links is a 1367 km course that crosses three time zones and two states, stretching from Kalgoorlie to Ceduna, The Age reports.
A group of determined golfers were Friday tackling the world's longest course, the Nullarbor Links, which snakes through vast tracts of the inhospitable Australian Outback.
 
 
 
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