After our morning walk , we headed off for a drive down the highway to the east , through little localities with interesting names - Walgoolan , Carrabin , Bodallin , Moorine Rock and Ghooli , then there was the larger town of Southern Cross . We didn't stop and do much because it was 38 degrees - not conducive to many outside activities .
When we did stop for the day , it was at Boondi Rock and Dam . This dam was constructed to provide water for the steam trains that ran out to Kalgoorlie back in the day . The dam has the typical square shape and has one inlet and one outlet . This is looking from the outlet overflow to the inlet on the opposite side . The rock behind has had walls built around the base of the rock to divert all the rain water into the dam .
This is the inlet channel , the one joining on the right connects the walls from the far side on the rock and funnels the weather into the dam - great engineering !!
This is one photo that I really like , the Damsel Fly perched on the stick in the water , with its near perfect reflection in the water .
These golden dragon flies were there in great numbers , and most of them were doing this - maybe explains why there were so many 😆😆🤣😉
We left them to it and walked around to the van , got in our swimmers and went back and sat in the water to cool down - the water was a little green , but it did what we needed it to do - cool us down - another 38 degree day !!
The drone came out to check it all out , we had this great little campsite to ourselves again - that's 3 night's in a row , we could get used to that !! The inlet is on the left hand side of the dam .
This is the rock where all the water is captured from behind the dam .
This shot shows the wall built around the base of the rock to capture the water .
Plenty of Gnamma Holes on the rock , all holding water from a recent shower .
We're still getting used to the different look of the roof from above .
By the time sunset was due , we headed up onto the rock and got a few more great photo's utilising the reflections in the water .
The full moon came up and was slightly blurred due to distant cloud , but still looked great !
Next day on the way out to the highway we stopped beside the water pipeline that runs from Perth to Kalgoorlie .
They are good at straight things over here , the pipeline is another prime example !!
These salt lakes / clay pans all have a different look from above .
Boondi Rock is the grey area , top centre to left , and the straight dirt road on the left is the access road , and used to be the railway track untill it was rebuilt at a later date .
There's another day on our way to the goldfields , here's a map link :- https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1R2VFIclghbQ0jghvX0p1DkaBDWNrq6ms&usp=sharing
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