There's a mural on the side of the newsagent .
Across the road was Wongan Hills Civic Hotel - a little Art Deco
The newsagency was a little bit older style though .
We headed further northeast toward Mollerin and found some more salt lakes that needed to be photographed . I do love all the different colours and patterns in them , contrasting with the harvested fields .
Making our way to Mollerin Rock Nature Reserve , we looked around the reserve a bit before finding a spot for the night - then the fun began - setting up for the night ! Hah , it was easy , undo a few clips and up it went , up the ladder and push on the struts to lock it in position , and we were set for the night . We parked with the front of the car into the wind and we were all good .
We walked to the top of the rock , it wasn't very high , but gave us some views of the surrounding area , plenty of lakes up this way , and of course wheat fields .
The drone came out again and we discovered we were camped on the golf course - it was in use from the 1950's up untill about 1981 - it became very clear from above .
It was an eventful night , the mattress not very thick , the pillows even skinnier , we had a fitted sheet , a blanket and a quilt . The lid was insulated a bit and was surprisingly secure in the wind - untill the wind changed direction in the middle of the night - not to worry we'll just move the ute into the wind - there weren't any neighbours to disturb !! 😆😂🤣Next morning we decided this mightn't be for us - it's only 6 nights - 1 down , 5 to go .
After breakfast we headed off again , back road after back road , left then right and away we went .
Scenery changed as we went , some spots wide open , others with beautiful gums lining the roads .
AT one intersection we found some flowers still out , so stopped for a few happy snaps .
Harvesting is in full swing , mowing down thousands of acres of wheat .
We arrived at Trayning , another of the many towns , we had a comfort stop and kept going . Here's a bank we hadn't heard of before .
More tree lined roads on our way to Kellerberrin .
And at Kellerberrin we went up to the lookout . The wheat bins were starting to fill up , as well as the silo's - it would be interesting to know how much wheat goes through these bins in a season ?
A building got our interest - it's a flour mill - very appropriate given the wheat around here .
There was a section with some pink flowers carpeting the ground - only a few centimetres above it , a white butterfly liked them as well .
Some Jacaranda's in a private driveway were bursting with colour .
After some lunch we continued south , more gravel roads and trees .
And here is Kokerbin Rock .
Big sections of granite look to be ready to slide off the rock .
And here we are , set up ready for the night in amongst some trees at Kwolyn - an old town site , that people are encouraged to camp at - 72 hours is max stay . There's toilets and a camp kitchen , quite civilised camping . We have stayed here previously .
That's it for the first couple of days , here's a map link :- https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1x2I6NyvE0PVvFB5QkE1yKgxTs5pnHbSm&usp=sharing
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