A beautiful day greeted us this morning
and followed us all the way to our free camp overnight stop, 25km west of
Balladonia. It’s a pleasant 26 degrees with sunny skies and a zephyr of a
breeze.
Today we travelled 388km and this time
included Coolgardie on our return trip to Norseman. Coolgardie is a lot smaller than Kalgoorlie
and there was very little activity there.
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| 290914 A decorated house in the main street of Coolgardie |
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| 290914 Are we in the wrong place? A misnamed hotel in Calgoorlie |
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| 290914 The community centre in Coolgardie |
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| 290914 Even Coolgardie has its own Ned Kelly |
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| 290914 The old gaol in Coolgardie |
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| 290914 The RSL in Coolgardie |
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| 290914 The wide main street of Coolgardie and no activity |
From Norseman we travelled through wooded
countryside. The land was covered in gum
trees, which were not far from flowering.
It is disappointing they were not fully in flower. We did manage to get a couple of shots of
their reddish buds and white flowers.
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| 290914 The gum tree buds |
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| 290914 The gum tree flowers |
From Coolgardie we back tracked 165km to Norseman and then did the big turn to the east as we started our search for the Nullabor Plain. We are not there yet but already we have traversed plenty of straight roads.
Trivia for the day: The name "Balladonia" is derived from an aboriginal word which means "big red rock by itself".
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