The road to cowgoolies

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Well folks, we are now in Kalgoorlie having made the Nullabor crossing with little fuss, although I should mention that travelling into a Westerly breeze on a road that always seemed uphill, made for slow going at times…need a bigger motor! We stayed at Streaky and then camped out at Scott Bay near Fowlers bay - awesome spot and well worth returning to.

Fishing results thus far are good, with Streaky jetty producing gar, tommies and almost a nice size trevally after a 2-3 minute fight around the pylons! Fowlers was good for sandy whiting, with most of the time spent either swimming or digging the Patrol out of the sand - Stephs fault!

Kalgoorlie is definitely a mining town, but very well developed - a bigger version of Broken Hill. The Super pit is indeed pretty big - Bondy did do something worthwhile! They blasted 3 times today which was pretty speccy.

We are fossicking tomorrow and then moving further North through to Leinster and then Mt Magnet and across to Geraldton by end of the weekend.

Highlights thus far: Fowlers, Smoky Bay Oysters (still eating them!), angus double header, lots of sleep for Mike, Eucla, super pit
Lowlights: Getting bogged, power failures at Cocklebiddy,

Time to go… dinner is almost ready.

Talk soon. Cheers

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Comments

[Fi]

Orange top
Great blog, love the orange top Mike. I look forward to tagging along on your lovely journey. Take care and love to you all Fi x

[Emma]

hello
Thank god you left the beard! Glad to see you guys are off to a good start! Just scored medallion club tickets to Carlton Port Adelaide Game 9 of June - first time in 4 years and you are bloody well not here! everything going good over here fighting the good fight major question pondering for the week - shall i go back to being a red head? Anything else is on the back burner. XXXXX Em

[Davo J]

M, S and A. Finally got a few mins to check out your travels. What a great way to keep track of your experiences. A good chance that I will follow in your tracks in a few years time. Jets got a flogging in R1 by Pultney!! B's won as they always used to in our day!!! Keep well, drive carefully. Davo

[Eino]

The Big Hole
We were in Kalgoorlie about 15 years ago, looks like the big hole has got much, much bigger since then. Could well be the hole in the ozone layer is being mirrored on the big hole.

[patrick and sheila]

way to go
hi darlings wish we were with you to help you dig out of the sand hope this is not setting a trend -we had a good laugh at your reaction to your electricity bill Mike Matt ears are still ringing --keep on enjoying your wonderful dream -our love to you xxx