Editing Nullarbor Plain (section)

====On foot====
[[File:Nullabor-Walkers.gif|thumb|The group that walked from Port Augusta to Norseman, including the Nullarbor Plain, in 1985]]

The first non-Indigenous person to walk across Australia from the west to the east coast, [[Henri Gilbert]], crossed the Nullarbor Plain on foot, with no support team or stock, in the middle of summer. His walk across Australia, from [[Fremantle]] to [[Brisbane]], was achieved between August 1897 and December 1898.<ref>[http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2000/10/new-book-reveals-hardships-endured-french-adventurer New book reveals hardships endured by French adventurer], 10 October 2000 - UQ News - The University of Queensland, Australia</ref>

For two winter months in 1985, six young [[Jesus Christians]] walked {{convert|1600|km|mi|abbr=off|sigfig=1|comma=off}} from [[Port Augusta]] to [[Norseman, Western Australia|Norseman]] without taking any food, water, additional clothing or a support vehicle- although supplies were given to them by passing motorists.<ref>{{cite news|title=Walkers Call for Apologies after 1,700&nbsp;km trek|url=http://www.jesuschristians.com/media-section/early-days/walk-of-faith/696-walkers-call-for-apologies-after-1700km-trek|access-date=27 December 2017|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=via Jesus Christians|date=1 July 1985}}</ref>

In 1998, runner [[Robert Garside]] ran across the Nullarbor without a formal support crew, as part of an authenticated [[List of pedestrian circumnavigators|run around the world]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite journal | title = Man's record run around the world | journal = BBC | date = 27 March 2007 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6500000/newsid_6500800/6500851.stm | access-date = 14 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news | last = Hughes | first = Paul | title = "Runningman" makes it into record books at last | agency = Reuters | date = 26 March 2007 | url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-runner-record-idUKL2666293420070326 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151224214145/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-runner-record-idUKL2666293420070326 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 24 December 2015 | access-date = 20 December 2014| newspaper = Reuters }}</ref> Unconventionally, Garside obtained water and other support from "passing traffic" who would leave water cached ahead for him at agreed drop-offs, to achieve the feat.<ref name="koeppel_Redemption2012">[http://www.bananabook.org/wordpress/archives/1523 It took over ten years to get this story published: ''Redemption of the Runningman''] - [[Dan Koeppel]]'s blog, ''Bananas, Los Angeles, and Transit Geekery'', 2012-07-13 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120717010906/http://www.bananabook.org/wordpress/archives/1523 archive.org copy]); full PDF of the writing is also linked from the blog post<!--NOT DIRECTLY LINKED HERE, OUT OF RESPECT FOR AUTHOR'S REQUEST NOT TO DISTRIBUTE, IN HIS BLOG POST-->; it is also republished in ''[[The Best American Sports Writing|The Best American Sports Writing 2013]]'', Ed. Stout & Moehringer, {{ISBN|0547884605}} | 978-0547884608.</ref> In 2010, columnist [[Dan Koeppel]] ran the {{Cvt|200|mi}} heart of the Nullarbor with a friend the same way, to vindicate Garside.<ref name="koeppel_Redemption2012"/> Garside commented in his diary, that "the key to running the Nullarbor turned out to be Australian hospitality",<ref name="koeppel_Redemption2012"/> and Koeppel concurred that "[F]rom an armchair it is completely impossible to run the Nullarbor. Once you're out there, however, there is a way. Robert Garside discovered it. So would I".<ref name="koeppel_Redemption2012"/>