our first stop after leaving Geraldton
wildflower country
there was nothing here except this sign and a couple of buildings and some"locals"walking around
we arrived at Mt Magnet with plenty of time to some exploring of this rugged old gold mining area before returning to our caravan park for the night
nameless grave of mother and child engraved with date 1908
100 ounce gold nugget found here in 1891, 250 oz was dug up like potatoes , and a township with numerous hotels was was born
a pretty big day spent around Mt Magnet
Sandstone, first stop the next day
lots more exploring done around Sandstone, and we're on the move again
awesome lookout, the photo doesn't do it justice
Stopped here for fuel and coffee, not much to see but a very rude fuel attendant, won't be back here again
plenty of these steel cutouts were spotted around most sites of interest around the mining areas,
this one at Leinstar didn't have an attitude and wasn't rude
miles and miles and miles of this
Visited the GHOST TOWN GWALIA adjacent to Leonora
It was a very interesting place, lots of old uninhabited buildings just left standing for every one to check out in this ghost town
another 100 ks further on and it was time to stop at this perfect free camp area
we were the only ones there, had a great fire and cooked some dinner and had an absolute awesome display of stars in a beautiful night sky
on the road again and a visit to Menzies on the way to Kalgoorlie
it was a great place for us to have coffee and morning tea
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