A Day at Thundelarra

Day 14 - a day at Thundelarra
Busy day. The Paynes Find Thundelarra road was closed due to the storms but the Ninghan Yalgoo road was open. It was raining when we left Paynes Find but cleared up as we approached Thundelarra. Just to put Thundelarra into perspective it was a sheep station owned by my grandfather and his two brothers from approx 1902 through to 1919, my father was born here on Feb 29 1916. It is no longer a working sheep station but part of the Karara range lands eco system. Bloody fantastic to see the homestead, schoolhouse and other buildings still standing. We presented the ranger with a framed copy of my grandfathers wedding photo from 1903 and a copy of the Beaton History (Land and Gold by. Ann McEvoy). Thanks Ann, some of this history would have been lost of it wasn’t for your efforts. By now my sister Christine, her husband Roger, their daughter Claire, her husband Phil and their children Have joined us so we have a mini convoy.
Funnily enough our cousin ( I have never met her) Madeleine Mackay (daughter of my fathers sister, Margaret) was here at Thundelarra only 4 days ago.
One of the buildings here is the oldest still standing shearing shed in WA. We spent a few hours looking around then headed to Yalgoo for the night spot. Pissing down again. The weather gods have not been happy with me. Visiting Yalgoo Museum tomorrow as it had family memorabilia there. Off to Cue tomorrow, only a short 200k drive (on sealed roads) to comtinue the family exploration.Read more