Stopped for lunch in Sandstone and went to have a look at "London Bridge" which are sandstone archways that have formed over or weathered over thousands of years. Around a hundred years ago they used to be able to take a horse and buggy over the archway but now it is not safe to walk over.
Next stop Yalgoo which is another ghost town with old relects laying around.
Geraldton is a large town right on the ocean and they have a very special memorial to HMAS Sydney that was sunk by the German battleship Kormoran on the 19th November 1941 Second with the loss of her 645 crew. The huge dome made so stainless steel has 645 seagulls representing the 645 lives that were lost.
Dongarra. We arrived a Dave Sharps place on the 15th of May and set up camp around the back of his house. What a magnificent place Dave and Julie have built here over looking the ocean. Set on 100 acres the house is made of rammed earth and it is huge. Dave has also built a slaughter house ( remember he once was a butcher) and a blacksmith shop filled with usable tools and equipment from yesteryear and it even has a working forge with bellows. Dave had several projects he needed a hand with so the first one was to get the old 1924 Dodge running that had been sitting in his shed for a number of years. That one was ticked off the list now time to go and check the crap pots and maybe catch a fish. Bloody hell Min caught a 32 lb Dhufish it was a bloody monster and one of the biggest caught in Dongarra for a long time so she definitely has bragging rights with that one for quite some time. We spent an enjoyable 16 days with our old mate and had many an enjoyable night yarning over a drink or two. I managed to complete the majority of projects assigned to me so Dave was going to start a project list for our next trip. We headed off with our freezer filled with crayfish and Dhufish so we were very happy also Dave chucked in so lamb roasts and chops from his butchery.
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