Domblegabby – Koonalda Homestead Turnoff Day 59

 Sunday 30^th September  

Today we have to turn our clocks forward ¾ hr so we wanted to get away before 7:00am WA time and we did just.

Just off the road was the blowhole signage not real good very interesting hole in the ground a long way from the ocean.

We had a short break at Caguna for fuel then onto Eyre Bird Observatory it was about 20ks on  rough dirt not really worth the visit and we could not take the trailers the rest of the way past one of lookouts.  Back at the main road we had some morning tea and Stan had to put some air in his tyres.

We stopped at Eucla for lunch and Bryan & Kim decided to go on while we had a look at the Old Telegraph Station.  We continued on and looked at all the photo opportunities.  Now it was time to find Bryan & Kim as the day was getting late.  He said he would be at Koonalda Caves as there is not a lot of signs on this road we could not find the turnoff so Paul entered the H.S into his GPS and we had to turn back 20ks found the turn off but no Bryan.  So we drove in a short way set up camp in the bush and stayed there the night good spot.

Will have to find the Rigg’s in the morning on the way to Ceduna if we can.

Kalgoorlie –Domblegabby (Nullarbor) Day 58

 Saturday 29^th September  

Beautiful morning for the start of our trip home and we left right on 7:00am good trip to Norseman everyone toped up with fuel ready for the Nullabor trip.  Not far out of Norseman Pete found his first treasure (1 Camel).  Morning tea Ten Mile Rocks rest area (nice spot) Pete packed his treasures away so he could get more.  Today is Robyn’s birthday.

Heading further treasure finding continues (2 camel) this one a bit on the nose and the find was just before we stopped for lunch break at Woorlba Homestead rest area good spot.  Robyn was not feeling very well when she emerged from the car so no lunch for her.  What  lovely birthday presents Pete is collecting for her.

Where is Pete

We found Domblegabby rest area and decided it was good for the night it was only 2:30pm when we pulled in so we had a bit of time to collect some fire wood and get organised for tea while Pete attended to his treasures.  We all sat down to happy hr and Pete decided to pack up his ten and go back to see if he could find the treasure he missed out on.  He was gone for a good 1 & ½ hrs we were starting to get a bit worried as he did not answer calls on the radio.  When he did come back he had gone back 75ks one way he even said he was silly.

The wind has now died down and we sat around the fire and had pancakes for Robyn’s birthday cake.

Kalgoorlie Day 57

Friday 28^th September 

Kerry & Nev left camp early,  I did some washing before Robin & I did some shopping (clothes) and looked around the shops until it was time to visit woollies to get some groceries before heading back home.  The boy’s went to the museum and got back to the park at around 1:00pm.

We went out to Coolgardie for the afternoon as it was on 49ks away and walked around the town for awhile.  Pete found some treasures in one of the shops so he rang the lady and she came and opened up for him he made a lot of purchases.

We visited a couple of shops before we went back to camp to get organised to move on tomorrow.   Cooked tea early had happy hr as the park was very busy tonight.

Kalgoorlie/Lake Ballard Day 56

Thursday 27^th September  

The trip to the Lake is only 2hrs so we decided to leave at 7:00am and we got out there before 9:00 and before the rain.  Had a walk on the lake looking at the statues, walked up the hill to see the view.

On the way home we took the discovery track home and went to Ora Banda had lunch at the pub (hamburgers were really nice).  Next pub on the list was broken arrow and everyone could write there name on the wall (so we did).

We called into see where they used to play 2up took some photos.  Heading back to camp we called into the lookout.

Tonight was very windy and it even started to rain very heavy while we were having dinner.  This is Kerry & Nev’s last night with us until we might meet up with them again. 

Kalgoorlie Day 55

Wednesday 26^th September  

We had a free day to do anything so first we all met at the visitor centre to book into the brothel tour at 3:00pm.  We looked around the shops after that.

Up to Super Pit to look at the gold mine it was really big the biggest we have seen on our trip so far.  Back to camp for lunch met up with Pam & Jack they said the blast at the mine was for 2:00pm so back up to the super pit to watch it great sight.

Now it is the brothel tour at the brothel house Pete wore his lovely pants and the madam thought it was really great. 

We went to the Exchange hotel for dinner for Jack and Robins birthday very nice meal.

Esperance – Kalgoorlie Day 54

Tuesday 25^th September  

After the adventure the night before we decided not to leave very early as we wanted to see if Sammy the seal was at the jetty.  Yes he was and I took some good photos of him.

The others headed off to see the stone henge and we wanted to continue on incise our car played up.  We had arranged to meet them in Norseman for lunch and they arrived about 12:30.  Before they arrived we had a look around so after lunch we headed out and they did the sightseeing bit before they left there.

We arrived in Kalgoorlie and made our way to the Nissan dealer but they could not look at the car for a week so that is not good to us.  We found the park and Kerry had arrived before us and arranged sites for us as we are a day earlier that I had booked in for.

It was very blowing and we were put on a site for the night and we will have to move tomorrow.  By the time we set up it was time to go to woollies to get some milk and a few other things before it got dark.

Pam & Jack are staying in the same park which was a bit of a fluke as we had not planned it that way.  We all had dinner with them in the camp kitchen before making out way to bed.

Esperance Day 53

Monday 24^th September  

Today we decided to go to Arid National Park as this is the place the guy was telling Paul about the whales.  We arrived at  Tagon Bay around 9:00am and the wind was up and the water had lots of white caps.   We sat for awhile and Pete decided to bang rocks together to see if this would bring in the whales he gave up so I took over.  We wandered over to some other rocks and did the same there and after awhile we did see a couple of whales making their way towards us.

Took lots of photos and every time we turned away to head back to the other rocks they would leap out of the water and we would miss the best shots.  Back on the first lot of rocks we started out on we started banging the rocks again and the whales came in closer and just floated onto which was really strange. It was not 12:00 and we made our way back to the cars and found somewhere to have lunch.

We drove around to Cape LeGrand National Park and had a look at the beaches there really nice.  This is where Kerry & Nev decided to stay the night and meet us the next day.  We called into another beach and they boys decided to take a short cut back to camp along the beach.  

Instead of taking ½ hr it took 3hrs as we had to get off the beach as the sand was very soft and make our way through a very narrow track and swamp.  It was getting dark and I thought we would never get out and have to sleep the night, but finally we did and back to town to find some dinner.  What an adventure for the afternoon I think the boys were having fun Stan did get bogged at one water crossing.