Swincer Pool
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Hi all,
I had the benefit recently of cutting across from the
Hunt Oil Road to the
David Carnegie Road.
I was most interested to try and find a soak that Harry Swincer found when he was exploring in 1896.
He called it a "
small soak with water shewing in the bed of
limestone creek"
He also inscribed a board left on top of
Mount Allott by
Carnegie. When
Carnegie re passed in 1897 he found it. “& Water in
limestone ck. 15 m WSW from here, & 4.5 m. N of small
hill – 16 ms SW S – visible fr. here. Oct. 5 1896. Swincer & Haden”
I think I have found it however it seems to be a
pool now due to the rains.

Swincer Pool
I have nicknamed it Swincer
Pool.
There is a
limestone edge and I would estimate
the pool to be about 2 metres deep.

Swincer Pool
There is good camping with a grove of trees on the highland bank.

Leaving Swincer Pool
It is pretty equidistant (with HOR being just closer) from the adjacent access roads.

Map of Swincer Pool
It would be a nice place to
camp for a few days. If you do visit then please take all the normal remote area precautions.
Cheers
Alan