Friday, June 10, 2011

Fraser Range station to Kalgoorlie

Today's trip was a short one of only around 3hrs to we took our time.

We first rose early in the morning, Dad and I at least, for a coffee and a walk around the station. Then, once everyone else was awake we cooked up bacon, sausages and eggs in the camp kitchen. This was nice.

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After breakfast we started to break camp and got both vans to the point that we could drive off. We then went for a group walk to the top of a nearby hill. This gave us a great view out over the station. We could see the caravan park and many small cairns that people had made. We also found a group of rock wallabies on the far side of the hill and spotted a group of kangaroos in a distant field. This made the kids morning.

When we returned to the vans we stopped for a few more photos, one of some bush humour, before heading off for Norseman.

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We need to stop here to inquire about a fossicking location we could find agate at. Unfortunately we could only access the free site with the van so it was here we headed, down a long and winding dirt track. It ended up being a nice spot with a fireplace so we got that going for our coffee and tea and had lunch before specking around for agate pieces. We found a few and it will be interesting to get home and cut them up to see how they really look.

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We left Norseman after this to head to Kalgoorlie where we have booked into the Discovery holiday park. We have a great sized site and plan on being here 2 days as we have booked a super pit mine tour for tomorrow.

1 comment:

Helen said...

Thanks for the updates, it can be time consuming can't it? Look forward to hearing what you think about the super pit. I saw it some years ago from a distance and I was staggered at its size.

I also had a giggle at the photo of the girls 'enjoying' the scenery!

Travel safe.

Helen