Almost on the Nullarbor

The shorts and thongs are away and the tracky dacs and uggies are out.

What a difference a few kilometres south makes!  We have had a very long summer so it’s a bit of a shock to the system but our excitement for home will keep us warm!

Since my last blog we have visited Menzies, Gwalia, Niagara Dam, Lake Ballard, Kalgoorlie, Boulder, Kambalda, Lake Cowan and we are now in Norseman. 

Tomorrow we leave to start our journey across the Nullarbor Plain.  People who have come across in the last week have seen the whales so we are really looking forward to that.  We plan to take our time as there is a lot to see and plenty of nice places to camp.  

A ghost town just down the road from Leonora

The locals have done their best to keep these old buildings

the town was abandoned when the gold ran out

I love the bed pan!

The original miners made homes out of what ever material was available

an outdoor dunny

This was the towns Guest House

  

Beautiful abandoned shops

Doorways are so short

This ghost town called Kookynie has its own resident horse.

Apparently it lived on a station but when the owners left, the horse 

wandered into town and has been there since

On an early morning walk around Niagara Dam.

Still looking for gold!

A nice view from the Breakaway

Niagara Dam - not very full

Across the Dam wall

Lake Ballard is a massive Salt Lake and the artist Antony 

Gormley was commissioned to create 51 sculptures that are scattered all over the Lake.

The Flies were bad, hence the fly net!

We didn't visit all 51 because the lake got a bit soggy in places

This one is a child (The Sculpture...hehe)

Our shadows at Sunset

I had Fly trousers!

Sunset

We climbed to the top of the hill after sunrise

A couple of the sculptures from the top of the hill

The town of Menzies.  Lovely vacant shops and buildings

The Brothel in Hay Street Kalgoorlie

We were shown some of the rooms

This is the Torture Room!

Kalgoorlie Town Hall

The Stage from the Dress Circle

AWESOME!!

We had just watched the blasting in the Super Pit - thrilling!

OK Hun, you can come down now!

This is the Goatcher curtain in the Boulder Town Hall

It is an amazing three Dimensional painting and even when you stand up close, it still looks like the red curtains are separate from the silver but it's all flat!  It is thought to be the only remaining stage painting by Goatcher in the world.  A very interesting history in Boulder and Kalgoorlie 

Sitting in the Mayors chair in the Kalgoorlie Town Hall

From Norseman in WA to Norseman Avenue SA