We have just got back from the best week camping, 5 families set off to get to Niagra Dam which is east of Menzies. We stopped and camped for the first night and then got to our final destination. What a beautiful place, an oasis in the desert! The goldfields are just amazing, so much to see!
We had such a great group of people and all the kids were fantastic, the words "I'm bored" were never uttered, they kept themselves busy all day long! We had so much fun with lovely friends - lots of giggles, lots of yummy food, lots of "strange" tourist destinations, and most important lots of kicking back doing not much at all - brilliant - thanks guys can't wait for the next trip!
DAY 1 - DESTINATION TAMMIN TO SOMEWHERE NEAR MT JACKSON
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| An old mine |
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| Libsy getting in touch with her inner camper |
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| Chelsea doing the dishes |
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| 2 little rat bags |
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| Some of the kids in the cubby they built |
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| Quite impressive isn't it!! |
DAY 2 - SOMEWHERE NEAR MT JACKSON TO NIAGRA DAM
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| Libby and Kate |
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| Dan & Ruby |
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| Jake on his self made bike |
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| Lisa and Cody |
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| Ruth and Clancy |
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| Ally and Kermit |
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| C is for Chelsea |
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| These covered the road house at Menzies, we spotted the TN318 number plate which belonged once to Sid, now has a home in Menzies!! |
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| The Uppill's in house construction mode |
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| The McCreerys flash home with view! |
DAYS 3, 4 - NIAGRA DAM
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| Niagra Dam and our "living/entertaining area" |
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| Chelsea and Lily |
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| the Yorks house |
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| Kate |
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| Colin and Libby |
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| Stu |
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| The Kitchen!! |
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| Tried our luck to catch some Yabbies! |
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| Jake and Dan on the dam wall |
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| Our camp from the other side! Pretty nice little set up I would say!! |
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| rare photo of myself! |
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| Giving fishing a try |
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| Ruby asleep with an avocado seed |
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| Bath time for Clancy |
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| So cute |
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| Even saw a Koala |
DAY 4 - KOOKYNIE, LAKE BOLLARD, ORA BANDA, ROWELLS LAGOON
Kookynie is a ghost town about 15km from the Dam, now there is just a pub running and the rest of the town is ruins, amazing spot, used to be a huge mining town and now nothing - hard to believe!
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| Outside the Kookynie Tavern |
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| Minimum dress? |
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| Mine shaft |
Lake Ballard - now this place is strange! Apparently it takes 6 hours to walk around! Right.... well what a shame we ran out of time??? I didn't expect the statues to be so spread out, the view from this hill was quite spectacular.
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| Ruth wondering across the lake |
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| Ruth |
Rowells Lagoon - Just down to 2 families now! Another lovely place to camp, a fresh water lake good facilities etc, no water this year though! Gets full enough to use as a ski lake though so would be amazing to see. Ha, but forgot to take a picture of it.... sorry!!
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| Morris on Clancy's mini bike |
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| Ruby doing the dishes! Looking like she could do with a good scrub! |
DAY 5 - ROWELLS LAGOON, COOLGARDIE, TAMMIN
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Last stop - lunch at Karalee Dam near Southern Cross
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