PeterH tour

[pet-els]

Stayed last night at Yorktown then toured the Innes NP, Down the east coast and up the west coast so far staying at Arthurton rest area behind St Agatha's church [free camp] one other MH here and it's raining.

PeterH

[Swisslulu]

Peter, the donation camp at Alford is not bad - dump point, flushing toilets and a water tap.


Cheers
Lesley

[pet-els]

Lesley,
Checked out Alford "top place".

Well I'm camped at "Iron Knob" Absolutely nothing in this town except the mine. Fuel/ Roadhouse closed, unable to even get a cup of coffee [had to make my own]. Tomorrow another day.

PeterH

[Dot]

Does that also mean you had to cook your own meal as well Peter???

[BruceS]

Isn't that why the invented tins of bully beef Dot?
Good outback tucker that doesn't go off in the heat!!

[pet-els]

Nah,
Lunch was at the Port Broughton Hotel and Tea was two Pickled crab sangers [home made].
Plus Icecream.

PeterH

[Greynomad]

Peter,
When I worked for BHP (1970s - pre-Billiton merger), I was given a tour of all the company facilities.
Iron Knob at that stage had been mined so thoroughly that the mine manager reckoned the name should be changed to Iron Hole-in-the-Ground!
There was very little to the town then - just a mining camp. Roadhouse was non-existent then. Glad to see the town had 'progressed'!
Would probably have rocketed up the scale to a 'One-Horse Town'... except the horse fell down a mineshaft in the 1980s.
Where to next, Peter??

[pet-els]

At a rest area just south of Smokey Bay, o/n here and Ceduna tomorrow.

PeterH

[pet-els]

Arrived Kalgoorlie and set up in The Prospector Holiday C'van park. I booked in for one week lot to see here. Went on the brothel tour [waste of $20] just the story of the place. [no free samples]. Booked the 2.5 hour Super Pit tour for Friday morning.

PeterH

[jamglor]

The tourist mine is worth a visit while you are there if time allows