7am
9.7 degrees in van. 9am 6.2 degrees outside. Overcast dreary start to the day.
Had
a chat with Jon when he rang about a work issue.
Steve
headed off in search of those pesky bits of gold that are hiding from him!! I
worked on my blog and chatted.
After
lunch we headed down to find Fountainbleu Dam (I had a brochure about the area)
which is another mining area in the Rushworth State Forest.
It
is marked as a picnic area but there is plenty of room to camp.
A
puddler beside the dam.
Steve
decided it is too cold to detect – feels like 5 degrees. Headed back along the
tracks. Someone seems to be digging a shaft or something and they have put up No
Entry signs but no lease number or anything. Decided it wasn’t worth getting
too close!!
Found
a burnt out car further along beside a hillside covered in black boys though I
think we should call them Fat Boys as they are much larger that our northern
versions.
Nearly
back to camp and we stopped to check out a heap of cyanide tanks nearby.
Even
a small mine shaft opening. Got to watch where you are walking around here.
Steve
and the others got the fire going early 3.30pm as it is so cold and bleak today
– they had forecast rain. I made some pumpkin scones and we all chatted around
the fire.
About
7pm spits of rain chased us inside. Checked the temperature and it was 8
degrees – always warms up a bit when it rains!!
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