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    MT Surprise

    June 30, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    The surprise is that there doesn’t seem to be any ‘mount’. Came through many hills and twisty roads from Georgetown then it flattened out but no ‘mountain’ The story from the publican is that the “MT” really stands for “mining town” from the old days there were plenty around here including Mt Garnet and many others. So there you go... lots of gemstones found around here .., yes including garnets. In Georgetown there is a whole collection - I saw a 200kg quartz crystal at the info centre.
    Some of our neighbours tonight .... at the Mt Surprise motel and caravan park. Neil and Al looking at the map.    Read more