Norseman was named after the horse Norseman who found a gold nugget when pawing the ground and thus starting a gold rush. The town of Norseman is at the junction of the Eyre Highway and the Coolgardie Esperance Highway. The western end of the Eyre Highway and either the start or the end of the 1656 kilometre drive known as ‘The Nullarbor’. Whichever way you look at it they have a finely tuned sense of humour out in Norseman.