16/3/22 Wogolin

 

  Packed up and away we go , time to kiss the coast goodbye for a while , we head cross country to get to Coalfields Rd & up the scarp to Collie . It was strange to say the least , we cant remember the last time we drove in rain , and here it was raining on our departure - it mustn't have got the email Haha! Stopping at Collie to empty the tanks and do some shopping , we ran into Alan & Kay Low - we met them about 4 years ago at a 5th wheeling get together at Jarradale . We all don't mind a chat , so an hour or so passed rapidly - and we'd realised that we'd only gone about 50 kms and it was nearly lunchtime . Carrying on toward Williams , we finally found an area we could pull over in and have some lunch - this was our view.

   After lunch Lyn had a drive , taking us through Williams , Narrogin and Wickepin , finally pulling up for the night at a free camp at Wogolin . Wogolin was Famous for the Rabbit Proof Fence No2 which went from Point Anne on the south coast , through Wogolin and north up to Yalgoo , then through to join the No 1 fence near Willuna that went all the way to Cape Keraudren - northeast of Port Hedland . There was  another fence starting at Kalbarri that also joined up north of Yalgoo making the worlds longest fence at 3237klms . The fence was started in 1901 and completed in 1907 .

   And this is our crowded site for the night - only 50m from the road , but very little to no traffic at night - perfect !!

  A lot of the trees here have died off - more than likely caused by salt rising in the water table below . The area around is primarily used for wheat , canola & lupin production , and there are enormously large fields used for cropping - probably assisting the salination of the ground .

  Some aerial shots will help , there are bare areas where the crops failed or just didn't grow due to the salt. Steps are being taken to remove the excess salty ground water , and there are attempts to revegetate some of the areas .

 This area is known as Wogolin Soak , so there's plenty of ground water here already .

 Here's some areas where the wheat didn't take .

  On the other side of the road , they have dug trenches to help remove the salty ground water , and further areas where the wheat didn't grow

   The moon started to rise just as the sun went down , ending another great day .

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