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    • Day 390

      Walga Rock

      May 30, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      The last stop of our road trip in WA was Walga Rock. Like the famous Ayer’s Rock (or Uluru in the language of the indigenous people), Walga rock is a granite monolith. With it’s red color it seemed to glow in the evening sun. From the rock we had a stunning view over the Australian Outback.
      At Walga Rock you can also find the largest amount of rock paintings of the indigenous.
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    • Day 39

      MEEKA' TO CUE

      August 23, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      After leaving Peace Gorge we to a drive up the Meeka Lookout for one last look. After a couple of snaps we headed off towards Cue, 115kms down the road. It was a fairly uneventful drive, just the usual wide loads but the country is really starting to look different. Its not so red, differnt rocks and more scrubby. There are still plenty of mines but no longer iron ore, they are now gold. There were a couple of big lakes, one at the back of a huge mine that I don't think you can access, and the other we missed the turnoff so decided to keep going. We arrived in Cue and instantly loved it. So many old stone buildings that are well over 100yrs old and are in great condition and more that are being restored. Also the main street and other facilities are just fantastic. The council here are doing a great job. We are staying in the council caravan park, only $25 a night, powered. Tomorrow we are off exploring.Read more

    • Day 40

      Adventures around Cue

      August 24, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      Woke up this morning looking forward to the day we had planned.
      After breakfast we headed off. The first thing we looked at was the Masonic Lodge, this 2 story building is pretty impressive for a corrugated iron shed. The next stop was Big Bell. Coming into 'town' the first thing we noticed was the water tank, then we turned the corner and there was the pub. It is only a shell these days but it is still a sight to behold. It must have been impressive in it's hey-day.; We drove around and looked at where the buildings used to be, not much, just a few concrete slabs. There is still the shell of the Catholic Church left standing and another building with a big double-sided fireplace and a single room on each side. We spent so much time trying to work out what it was used for that we both neglected to take a photo. Looking tonight for a photo, it was "No, I didn't, I thought you did."
      We left there and pulled up a bit down the road for morning tea. We had everything we needed, cups, bickies, milk, hot water, but no tea or coffee. That's what happens when you leave the van behind. I think old age is not just catching up, it's about to overtake us.
      Next stop was Walga Rock. Not only is it Australia's second biggest monolith, the rock art and the colours and shapes of the rock are amazing. All this for free, with no crowds and you can climb it as well for spectacular views of the surrounding countryside. This truly is one special place. I hope it never gets spoiled.
      After lunch we drove right around it, about 5kms ,and it is just as magical on the eastern side.
      We then headed off to another rock, this time on the other side of town. It's called Garden Granite Rock. It's about 20m high and has a circumference of 1km. Garden Granite Rock was once the site of market gardens established in 1894 to supply the gold field population with fruit and vegetables. After another stroll around the top of a rock, we headed back to town and headed up the scenic lookout for a higher view of Cue. Then back to the caravan park just in time for an afternoon drink. Heading off tomorrow for Mt. Magnet and Sandstone.
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    • Day 62

      Mount Magnet and Walga Rock

      September 1, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 28 °C

      After a noisy night of road trains passing at Mount Magnet Caravan Park we drove out to Walga Rock to see the amazing gallery of Aboriginal art painted under its overhanging edge. The Rock itself is also a massive granite monolith, the second largest in Australia after Uluru.

      On the way back to Mount Magnet we also stopped at the Granites which had some stunning granite escarpments as well as some local art.
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    • Day 7

      Cue

      April 19, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      Cue is a heritage listed town. It has some magnificent old buildings that have been restored to their former glory. We had lunch here in a shady park and chatted to some Shire workers who were setting up a new "Welcome Park" for tourists. A welcome park is a day use area where you can park up for the day and top up your water tanks. One of the men suggested we visit a Place called Weeli Wolli Spring Not far out of Mt Newman. Gina Rinehart has a big mine there which she is de-watering and is pouring millions of litres of pristine water daily into it. He said it was an idyllic spot and perfect for a swim.
      After visiting the Info centre we decided to drive out Walga Rock, Dalgaranga Meteorite Crater and the ghost town of Big Bell.
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    • Day 94

      Cue

      August 18, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      After leaving out excellent free camp at Lake Nallan this morning we head about 20k south to Cue.

      What a gorgeous little town. Full of wonderful sandstone buildings. It had, we think the best RV water fill up we have ever seen. 3 separate taps. Lovely picnic tables. Beautiful landscaping. Plus plenty of room to park and go for a walk around.
      Unfortunately this town that has poured so much into make their town so inviting had hardly a shop open. Except a op shop and a tiny general store. They were all boarded up. They did have a very impressive visitor center and 1 pub that opened at 5pm.

      Heading south about 17ks we were treated to the sheep statues on the salt flats. Plus I found another new flower. I think it might be a Dampier Pea.
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    • Day 17

      Heading Home

      June 11, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      We've cancelled the last 3 nights stay at Karajini Eco Retreat and are heading home now. We've seen all the gorges we can access, and even did Joffre Gorge twice There was a fatality just before we arrived, so park rangers will declare the gorges closed on the slightest threat of rain, and there's been some unseasonal rainfall this week. Also, bad and terribly corrugated gravel roads have made other gorges inaccessible to us in our Forester. Big 4WDs like LandCruisers that are driven by experienced drivers who have traversed unsealed tracks around Australia have struggled with those roads, resulting in blown tyres, wrecked solar panels, and a vehicle even having to stay the night to wait for a tow in the morning. Certainly not for us.

      I'm looking forward to doors. I miss doors. Yes, doors. Those simple rectangular nondescript portal that leads from one room to another. The one where there's a knob or handle that I don't have to bend, just turn with a twist of the wrist , and just kick shut with a flick of the knee or foot. Simple, open door and kick shut. Never take that for granted ever ever again. When camping, there are no doors. There are zips. Big, long zips. To get into the tent, you have to unzip from top to bottom or bottom to top. No unzipping a small hole in case you break the zip squeezing your body in. Worse than the zip whilst camping is a broken zip. So, it's a long stretch and bow to unzip the tent. Quickly get the body in, and the quickly repeat in reverse, bow and stretch to zip up the tent so flies, mozzies and other uninvited guests don't get in. All that just to get into the corridor of the tent. Repeat unzip and zip to get into the bedroom or vestibule storage area. Once you've finished your tent business, it's bend and stretch again to unzip, and then stretch and bend to zip up tent. Apart from all that zipping and unzipping is finding the beeping zip! It's never in the same place. More bending and stretching, is the zip at the top or the bottom? Those possessed bleeping things move themselves once a human walks away, just for the fun of it. And glamping is not any better. It's worse. Instead of one long zip that does vertical and horizontal of the doorway, there are 2 zips! Unzip the vertical, unzip the horizontal ........ You see why I've enough of paying bowing and prostration homage to the zip gods, and just want a door to kick shut! When I get to Perth, I'm not doing zips for a long time. I'm wearing tights so I don't do zips of jeans. No more zips!!
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    • Day 7

      Walga Rock, Big Bell and Gt Fingall Mine

      April 19, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

      Walga Rock is a large monolith located 48 k's from Cue. The main attraction is the aboriginal etchings on the western side of the rock. One being the etching of a white sailing ship which has caused many theories about its origin, as the rock is 325 k's from the coast.
      We also drove out to the Dalgaranga Meteorite Crater which proved to be nothing more than a depression in the ground and pretty unremarkable.
      Then on to the ghost town of Big Bell. This gold mining town was established in 1936 and supported a population of well over 1,000 people. There was 160 houses, a picture theatre, and a dozen shops as well as three churches and two schools. There isn't much left standing except the ruins of two churches and the magnificent hotel. We wandered through the old hotel and were amazed at how palatial and grand it was. We camped the night before heading back to Cue and then out to the relic of the Great Fingal Mine Office. The attraction here is a once beautiful mine office built by Italian stonemasons using dressed stone and it now sits on the precipice of an open cut mine. The large open cut mine there today is the result of a cave-in during 1921.
      Photos 1 and 2: Aboriginal etchings, Walga Rock
      Photos 3 and 4: The once beautiful hotel in Big Bell and us about to leave the ghost town
      Photos 5 and 6: The Great Fingal Mine office Building and the Open cut mine it sits above.
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    • Day 93

      Lake Nallan

      August 17, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 15 °C

      Lake Nallan is about 20ks north of Cue. Was another great find on Wikicamps. We pulled in for a look and morning tea...ended setting up camp and staying the night.
      Found 2 chairs just up from our camp. A nice sunny spot out of the wind. It's amazing that we were chasing shade when we set up camp up to just a couple of days ago. Heading south and some cooler days we are hunting a sunny spot.

      These darling tiny tiny pink/purple flowered succulents are starting to spring up here. Not in my current book. We are heading out of the area it covers. Time for a new book 😉
      We were also visited by some adorable King Quails ... The first time we have seen them in the wild. Not quick enough to get any photos 😪
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