Characters of the outback.

In less than 24 hours we’ve been touched by these amazing souls.
The owners of The Broad Arrow who had no problem letting us camp in front of the old pub. Whose daughter was tragically wounded and brain damaged when a huge mine truck didn’t give way and her car ran off the road and rolled. They shut the pub for months while the family relocated to Perth to be by her side. She’s home now doing ok and the pub has reopened.
The couple Steve and Claire who own the one and only Menzies cafe and told us their life story. Her husband had died, he was a trucker they were from Queensland and he’d had a dream to set up in the outback. When he died she was left nothing of the 2 million dollar estate so she bought a caravan and headed west. She has a new partner and they own the cafe which does a roaring trade in the almost ghost town of Menzies. Walls in the cafe dedicated to her ex trucker. Could they talk!
The gorgeous volunteer at Gwalia museum who spent a good hour just chatting to us, sharing her knowledge and history, books and fascinating stories. Just gorgeous.
The tradesman who stopped to chat to us about the special ‘ pointed paintwork’ on the bricks of the Edgar J Hoover House. Who told us he was Married here just a week ago and spends his spare time fossicking for good with his new wife. Quite lucratively! Great to have an interesting hobby that makes money. Who took a photo of us and told us he used to be a Wedding photographer. Just amazing.Baca selengkapnya