by Nicole | 23 Jul, 2021 | Blog, Travel
Time warped or stretched or shrunk or something, while we were out on the Great Central Rd. To get from Laverton to Yulara in 3 days, which was the condition of the permit, we had to cover about 350km per day, and it seemed to take us most of the day. We did take it...
by Nicole | 22 Jul, 2021 | Blog, Travel
There seem to be three options for naming the regions of WA. The purely geographical – South West, Mid West. Then there is the more lyrical – Pilbara, Kimberley. And then there is the Wheatbelt and the Goldfields – two very descriptive names for the dominant...
by Nicole | 15 Jul, 2021 | Blog, Travel
Goongarrie Station is not far north of Rowles Lagoon but getting there involves crossing an ecological boundary. From the stately tall eucalypts of the Great Western Woodlands to the acacia and allocasuarina and mallee of the ‘mulga’ area. Water is scarce...
by Nicole | 13 Jul, 2021 | Blog, Travel
Finally! Our first camping stop for this trip, and for this, we did not venture far out of Kalgoorlie, just as far as Rowles Lagoon. There’s actually four wetlands in this reserve, which somehow, due to some marvellous feats of hydrology, manage to hold fresh...
by Nicole | 12 Jul, 2021 | Blog, Travel
This trip of ours is a part-reprisal of our long-planned trip in March 2020. We had packed and were days away from leaving before the convergence of our departure date and the date that covid became a reality in Australia. And we stayed home. Last year we’d intended...
