Fraser Range Station

The drive out from Esperance was uneventful. Since we had stopped at Fraser Range station on the journey across to Perth we decided this would be our first stop on the return trip. We arrived at the station early and set up camp, eagerly awaiting the delivery of wood so we could start the fire pit up  

The evening was again great with many in the park joining us around the fire. The only photos i got of this stop was of the evening stars. Since there was no moon the sky was very bright. One shooting star we saw was like a slow moving flare that just broke up before burning out.

I may be able to improve these photos when i get home to a better computer.

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.

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.

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.

 

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.

Border village to Fraser Range station

After a nice night at Border Village, a very basic overnight stop, we headed off to as far as we could get in a day.

Border village was the first place where we (the kids) encountered the pay per use shower. It was $2 for 10min which was more than enough. The next night, at Fraser range it was $1 for 5min, so half as long for them as we only give them the one coin ;) these showers are long enough, I just need to get something like this at home for their bathroom.
Anyways, after we set up in Border village and had tea we walked up to the roadhouse to the dinner and bought the kids dessert. Then, as it was so dark, we all went to bead. The other thing that is causing us issues is the changes in time, we have had 3 time changes in the last 4 days. Therefore after waking up at 4:30 am, I simply waited for the others to catch up.


The day started off great, funny anyways, with a stop at the quarantine centre at the SA/WA border. We had used up all of our fruit and vegetables and stated so, but the inspector still needed to look through the car and caravan. Whilst they were doing this I mentioned we might have some tomato. We had some left from lunch the previous day and I could not remember throwing it out. They went through the fridge with a torch and could not find it so we were free to go. Later, at lunch time, I reached into the fridge, without looking, and found the tomato ;)


We had a few stops on the way, mainly for fuel, and spent most of the day searching for the "bottle tree" which we did not find. We had a bottle all set up as well.
We had planned to stop at Balladonia road house but as we still had plenty of light left we decided to head for Fraser Range station. This proved to be a great decision as it was well off the road, cheap ($28 per site for the night) and it had a central camp fire. We spent most of the night around this fire with most of the other people camped here. It was the best night of the trip so far.




One of the things that allowed us to set up late in the day was the fact we had cooked our tea at Border Village. We cooked a nice beef stroganoff in the slow cooker which also used up all of our vegetables.