Monday, 27 May 2019

Thurs, 16th May, 2019 Malcolm Dam, near Leonora to Bush camp near Jubilee Hill, 50km south of Laverton, WA



6.30am 6.9 degrees, clear sky and no wind – on with the heater again.

Rang Mum and Dad as we mightn’t have phone service at the next spot. Packed up and said farewell to Kerry and Brian. They will head off to do their sightseeing and hopefully we will see them at Nullagine or Marble Bar later on, otherwise I will see them in Cairns in October as they will be back there after the wedding to celebrate her Mum’s 90th birthday.

Drove into Leonora and topped up the water, fuel and to put in the next lot of 40E permits for Nullagine area.

Headed east with the others to Laverton. Had a yummy burger and chips from the Deli then headed south to Burtville then into the exploration leases where we have our 40E permits for. Lots of old shafts around. Found an open area and parked up for the night. This must have been the old camp for the mine nearby as there is heaps of rubbish about.


It was a warmer day, 28 degrees with a nice westerly breeze this afternoon. Hard to imagine tomorrow is supposed to only get to 9 degrees because there is rain predicted. 

Bob got a flat which he repaired – Ray has had two so far. Hard country on tyres as the trees are very brittle and the quartz can be razor sharp too.

Got the fire going – always lots of firewood easily available. Cooled down quickly as the sun set behind a cloud band in the west. There is cloud coming up from the south too.

I had put lamb shanks in the Ecopot this morning before we left so our dinner was ready to go. There is heaps of sauce left over so I will keep that for soup to warm us up tomorrow.


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