Kalgoorlie's Super Pit....they mine gold here - open-cut and underground. Jon did a 3 hour tour of the mine site and was very impressed. One weird thing was how much timber they collect when mining.....from all the old-time mines and shafts sunk over the past 100 years or so.
The 75m high fire tower in the Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree. Jon made it to the top...but not without a little bit of trepidation. Kirsty made it up 8 rungs and headed down! But she eventually got to the 25m platform and just avoided passing out from fear.
Standing at Australia's most south-westerly point...near the Cape Leeuwin lighthouse.
Surfers at Prevelly....west of Margaret River. These were BIG waves!
One of the many action moments at the Manjimup 15 000. A great day out in the mud after lots of rain the night before.
Following on from our time in Kalgoorlie, we made our way south and then west. And after another thousand plus kms on the road, we feel like we have seen a lot of Western Australia's south west. And this truly has to be some of the most beautiful country in Australia. Unusual rock formations.....pristine beaches.....rolling green hills dotted with sheep or dairy cattle......vineyards galore......'big tree' forests......sleepy little villages......bustling cities......the south-west has it all. Some highlights of the past week or so have been:
- catching up with old friends in Albany....I have known Shelley since I went to pre-school with her in Bunbury, way back in '78.
- climbing the Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree near Pemberton
- cool camping spots like Maranup Ford, Warren NP and Leschenault Peninsula (near Bunbury)
- a day at the races....Australia's No. 1 motor-cross event.... the Manjimup 15 000
- posing on Wave Rock
- yummy Margaret River Chocolate Factory
- Cape Leeuwin lighthouse near Augusta
- watching the surfers at Prevelly
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Hey Jon and Kirsty, it's good to see your faces on the screen again. I am officially 'old' now, with GB (grand-baby) Nº2 born yesterday arvo. Amy Leigh, 7lb13oz or 3.55kg, 52cm, dark hair, reportedly one of the two most beautiful babies in the world, at least, that's what anyone important is saying! She had the cord (chord?) wrapped around her neck a couple of times and around her legs and body. I said 'praise the Lord', someone else just said, 'boy, it must be long ...'
I'm glad to hear you're loving our country and am beginning to get nervous that you won't want to come back.
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