Salt Lakes and Gold
25. Juni 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Kambalda, a tidy town with a Woolies, a pub, a sports stadium, second hand shop and the best drive-thru coffee and savoury pumpkin muffin stop in the world!!( Maybe an exaggeration)
Lookout on theWeiterlesen
Coolgardie and it is very cool 😎
25.–26. Juni 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Last freecamp before Kalgoorlie! Had fun exploring the town, not much here except an IGA and lots of beautiful old buildings some derelict and some not!!
Wide streets and red soil footpaths...remindedWeiterlesen
Kalgoorlie/ Kalgoorlie-Boulder
26. Juni 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Well, ever since we arrived in Kalgoorlie 3 days ago, it has rained!! So no gold-detecting for this little black duck or her drake...but plenty of time to plan where we r going to gold-detect when theWeiterlesen
Let's go Detecting...
1. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Finally we get to go detecting! The weather is clearing and after another very interesting day yesterday exploring this heritage city with a real cosmopolitan vibe as well, we are ready to hit theWeiterlesen
Let the Gold -Detecting begin...
1. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Woohoo!! Day 3 into gold-detecting- slowly cleaning up Australia bullet by bullet...
Broadarrow- great pub but no gold😔
5. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
Today was our 5th day straight gold-detecting...I am feeling quite tired so will have tomorrow off...Mark will still go out though. Not much at Broadarrow now, except a fabulous pub, one sheep and twoWeiterlesen
Goodbye Kalgoorlie- nice to meet you!
10.–24. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
Leaving Kalgoorlie today in the pouring rain with no gold😔. Our friends found another nugget yesterday which was exciting for them! And of course we are happy for them...😉.
Normally it doesn'tWeiterlesen
Merridin- quick drive-thru...🚐
10. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Not much here...
Wave Rock- Hyden
11.–12. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Got in late to Hyden and stayed overnight at a truck stop with a view! Walked around, and on, Wave Rock and Hyden Rock, lunched at the Bakery. Now off to Bunbury.
Wave Rock brings 140,000 tourists perWeiterlesen
Mumballup- in the land of ups...
12.–13. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Overnight freecamp opposite Mumby pub and on the Billulmum Track...woke to cows mooing and a very soupy fog! Off to Margaret River now...
The whole south-west corner of WA, has place names ending inWeiterlesen
Marg's River and Surrounds
12.–14. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Lovely, lovely region of WA. From caves, to wineries, to sheep and dairy farms as well as magnificent surf beaches. What more could one ask for???? We would have loved to have spent longerWeiterlesen
Abalone at Augusta
13. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Took a lovely country drive to Augusta today, seaside town known for green-lipped abalone- which is a real delicacy, priced at 300 dollars for 1 kilo!!
Interesting abalone fact: they live in oceanWeiterlesen
Australia's most southern-western point
13. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
... is Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse!!! Still operating to this day!
Dunsborough to Busselton to Mandurah
14. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
On the road again heading north, hopefully will get a bit warmer. 🤞
Stop off's at yuppy, beachside town of Dunsborough, town of the 1.841km long pier in Busseltown and home of the giant sculpturesWeiterlesen
Perth to Prison
14.–16. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Beautiful freecamp in Jarrahdale. From here we explored what we could in the surrounding areas. Limited time as we are now on a much tighter time schedule!! We will definitely have to come back whenWeiterlesen
The Pinnacles
16. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Today we started our trek to Cue via The Pinnacles. Snapped a shot of Perth CBD from truck as we sped past, enjoyed a leisurely ocean drive with views of giant white sand dunes and turquoise watersWeiterlesen
"A good doer upperer..."
17. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
We have officially entered Outback WA!!
Jokers Tunnel and Lake Wownaminya
17. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
100 metre tunnel dug thru shale/granite rock, with a pick'n'shovel to find gold! This IS Australia!!!!!!
Just over 300 people live in Cue
18. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Only the pub, post office and petrol station open here!!!! All the shops in the main street are closed , so sad🙁.
We did about 6 hours of gold -prospecting today and then the weather deterioratedWeiterlesen
Off Grid to Find Gold
21.–25. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Well, we went off-grid on John's cousin's tenement for a while east 50kms from Meekatharra. There was definitely gold found but unfortunately we were not fortunate. So if anyone wants to buy a goldWeiterlesen
Stuck in Kumarina
24.–26. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
The truck is not happy!! Fuel issues apparently. We made it to front of roadhouse with the aim of refuelling for trip to Port Headland but when we went to restart engine there was nothing ...
So weWeiterlesen
Now Neumann
25. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
We made it to Neumann after mechanics visit, but needed filters still so stopped at roadhouse on outskirts of town to meet mechanic. Two hours later we were still there! Now in carpark at the shoppingWeiterlesen
Auski Roadhouse
26.–27. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Overnight stop at roadhouse. Got in late! Sunset run, shower, dinner, movie, bed, wake-up, coffee, brekkie, pack up, go....
Off to Karajini N/P today...
Karijini- MAGNIFICENT AND AWE-INSPIRING
26.–27. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We could only spent one night here but oh! so worth it!!!! We will definitely be back for longer. This oasis in the desert is Western Australia's 2nd largest National Park. Home to many gorges, wildWeiterlesen
Iron ore and salt at Port Hedland
27.–29. Juli 2024 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We didn't know what to expect from Port Hedland...but were pleasantly surprised!
The biggest producer of iron ore and salt in the world, this industrial town does not stop.
Lucky they have the PortWeiterlesen




























































































































































































































































































































































