Editing Nullarbor Plain (section)

====On bicycles====
On 25 December 1896, after an arduous journey of thirty-one days, [[Arthur Charles Jeston Richardson]] became the first cyclist to cross the Nullarbor Plain, pedaling his bicycle from Coolgardie to Adelaide.<ref>Fitzpatrick, Jim, "Richardson, Arthur Charles Jeston (1872–1939)", ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 11, Melbourne University Press (1988), p. 379</ref> Carrying only a small kit and a waterbag, he followed the telegraph line as he crossed the Nullarbor. He later described the heat as "1,000 degrees in the shade".<ref>Fitzpatrick, p. 379</ref>

In 1937 [[Hubert Opperman]] set a record fastest time of 13 days, 10 hours and 11 minutes for the transcontinental crossing from Fremantle to Sydney. His time cut five days off the previous record.<ref>Obituary, Daily Telegraph, UK, 20 April 1996</ref>

During their three-year cycling trip around Australia between 1946 and 1949, [[Wendy Law Suart]] and Shirley Duncan became the first women to cycle across the Plain.<ref name="Age">{{cite news|first=Jason| last= Steger| title=Around the country with bags and swags and bicycles, too |url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/around-the-country-with-bags-and-swags-and-bicycles-too-20081121-6e5q.html |newspaper=The Age |date=22 November 2008 |access-date=24 January 2013}}</ref>

Between 29 June and 3 July 2015, brothers Tyron and Aaron Bicknell recorded the fastest-known crossing of the Nullarbor Plain on single speed bicycles. Their ride took advantage of the low temperatures in the Australian winter months and was completed over 4 days, 5 hours and 21 minutes, making it one of the fastest bicycle crossings and the fastest done with a single-geared bike.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.strava.com/athletes/1153448|title=Strava Cyclist Profile &#124; Aaron Bicknell|website=Strava|access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.strava.com/athletes/155360|title=Strava Cyclist Profile &#124; Tyron Bicknell|website=Strava|access-date=15 September 2019}}</ref>

In January 2017, Austrian cyclist Christoph Strasser set the current record from Norseman to Ceduna of 1 day, 21 hours, 42 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interstate point to point records |url=https://roadrecordaus.weebly.com/interstate.html |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=ROAD RECORD ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA |language=en}}</ref>