Today was do something day , so we went for a walk around some of White Gum Farm . It’s a microlight training facility / caravan park , about 27 klms from York - what a great spot , nice & quiet !!
The walk took us around the boundary and up to a ridge line with great views out toward York & surrounding wheat fields . It was warm - 27 degrees - and quite manageable . There are some great looking gum trees with orange trunks , grass trees , rocks & wheat stubble .
Arriving at the lookout , we found plastic chairs , table & a Bbq - we didn’t need to be asked , we sat down and soaked it all in .
After about 30 mins we decided to head back , so took another track out . It lead us down the hill toward where we came up , but then turned more toward the RV , so we went that way instead . On the way we found Cousin It with an Affro - that’ll test a few of you out !!
From the Adams family of course !! There were more of the orange barked gums on the way .
We got back to the RV after jumping a fence and wandering through a paddock back through the airstrip . Well , we found we had neighbours - how rude !!! anyone would think they can stay here or something !!
That was it for the afternoon as we chatted to new found acquaintances till the mosquito squadron moved in !!
Saturday rolled in , so we headed out for a drive . first we went south , then east to Quaraiding , Toapin Weir , Pink Lake and then north to Cunderdin , back west to Northam , then finally back south to the Rv again .
The drive was quite pleasant , temperatures climbing to a top of 37 degrees . It took us through an awful lot of wheat fields , canola fields and not much else . It’s amazing how much wheat we grow in this country !!
First stop was Toapin Weir , not your average weir in that the catchment and weir are surrounded by granite rock , any water that’s in the weir runs straight off the rock behind the weir .
We wandered up the hill and back round to the other side , the weir has walls built around the side of the hill to aid catchment , then there’s another just above the water level , rusty bolts sticking out - we found out the weir had a roof put over it in 1935 to stop evaporation - it’s no longer in place .
Next stop was beside the road east of Quaraiding - Pink Lake . It’s normally blue an one side and pink on the other - today it was orange on both sides , probably had something to do with the recent rainfall . It was still quite interesting , salt has been gathering around all the fence posts , tree trunks & branches - quite stunning !!
From there we headed into Cunderdin for a lunch break , then into Northam for some shopping . We followed the water pipeline that runs out to Kalgoorlie - it runs beside the Great Eastern Highway .
Northam is a much larger town and is where they start the Avon Descent - a 2 day race back toward Perth for small outboard powered boats , also kayaks & others - they get a range of international competitors competing !!
Storm clouds were brewing all around us , so we did the shopping and headed back home . The storm caught us about 30 mins after we got back , dumping some nice rain , and cooling things down .
Northam will be another day trip so we can check it out better .
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