Fri, 26th Apr, 2019 Niagara Dam, near Kookynie to Malcolm Dam, near Leonora, WA

7am 15 degrees, clear sky and windy.

Packed up and headed back into Leonora to top up with water then we drove out to Malcolm Dam again. The other van was still under ‘our tree’ so we parked on the other side so we could get good sun as Carol and I wanted to get our washing done today. Mark and Heidi’s van is still there but they are out – hopefully finding gold somewhere.

It was nice in the sun and the flies weren’t too bad. I got into shorts and singlet while I did my washing in my little twin tub. Good wind blowing so the sheets, towels and clothes didn’t take too long to dry. We had brought new flannelette sheets so gave them a quick wash as they will go onto the bed now we are having cold nights.

After lunch we all went back into town to submit our 40E permits with the Mines Dept so we can detect on some leases south of Laverton which is east of here. We still have current 40Es for Jungle Well and Wild Cat Mine so we will head to Wild Cat Mine tomorrow.

Picked up a few fresh vegies and fruit then filled up with fuel. Even at the 24hr self serve depot the price has been slowing creeping up but it is still 14 cents cheaper than the Coles Express Servo – go figure.

Mark and Heidi are back so we made a cuppa and wandered down for a chat. They have been having fun and Heidi found a 5g nugget for Easter so she was very happy.

Joined Ray and Carol for drinks beside our van where we have some protection from the wind.

I rang Margaret and Bob to let them know our plans as I have put them on the 40E permit with us so they can detect there too. She has picked up some 5 litre casks of wine for me so that will keep me going for a while.

Rang Jon for his birthday on Sunday in case we don’t have phone reception at Wild Cat this time. He was up the Dam with friends for a weekend of skiing and fun. Jess had to work so she will come up in the morning with the dogs as they love being in the water and in the boat. Glad he has a great bunch of friends to do things with like we had.

Inside for dinner and a movies.