How Well do you know your History

Now fair go Mick.....lol


You should be asleep over in the eastern states......lol

Yes you are spot on, but sorry I can only award you 99%

You must have insider knowledge.......lol


Actually.......you said Fowlers Bay......well it is not far from it in the very tint town as you said...Cootabie.....population....few sheep, couple of dogs and 4 people....lol



Well done Mick

Mate you should have known lol. I've got original copies of RTM's hand written journals from those expeditions. Bill and Dinah often travelled together with RTM. Coorabie, a little to the north west of Fowlers Bay I believe.

Cheers

Mick

Now you have me thinking Mick...


Around 6 kilometres from Where Bill is buried, there is another important grave.


Do you want me to post it and tell me how the person died?




Cheers



Stephen

I'd suggest that would be Yalata and it would be the grave of RTM himself. He passed away during a gathering at the Fowlers Bay pub of a suspected heart attack and was buried at Yalata, the Murray's property where he spent a lot of time when not expeditioning.

Hi Mick

You are in the right cemetery, but sorry it is not RTM.....



But this one caught my eye, and Jessie died 29 years before Richard and at the very young age of only 26.

This got me searching and I was able to find out how she died and what happened to her husband, John after her most tragic death...

Do you want me to tell you, or would you like some time and some more research........lol





Cheers


Stephen

Cheers Phil. As we constantly have to remind you westerners, there is a lot more country just on the other side of the border lol :-)

I'd be interested to know where your profile photo is taken. I'd have been tempted to say it was in a location within the Calverts but am not sure. Very similar to one I've seen before.

Would you mind sharing?

Cheers

Mick

Hi Phil

Hope you are keeping well, a sit seems ages since we have chatted.

Thanks for the reply and Mick was on the ball first off late last night. To be honest, I never knew Bill was buried in Coorabie and it is a pity that both his grave and Richards are not in good repair considering how important they were in the area and their feats in exploration.

Perhaps we could get a members busy bee to spruce up the graves and it would be great to share their exploits with the greater world. As for poor Jessie, she died during childbirth at such a very young age.

Perhaps you could wander across the Nullabor and follow Eyres travels, as he ventured through some very interesting places right through the west coast.



All the Best



Regards



Stephen

Hi Mick and Stephen thanks for your posts. I'm doing ok, still battling the big C but injections every 4 weeks are keeping me in remission.

Yes following up explorers over your way sounds great - maybe one day.

Where is it the site of my photo you ask Mick - no not Calvert way west Waldburg range SE of Mt Augustus.

I've been there four times, its covers a huge area and still lots more of the range and valleys to explore.

That's good to hear Phil.

The west has some fantastic country to explore and those images above look like a great find.

All the best



Stephen

If I had of guessed before you replied to Mick I'd of said Walburg, Phil. Definitely an interesting site to visit & I reckon I must have taken 100 photos or so when I visited.

Cheers

Dunc.

Hi Dunc

It sure looks a very interesting place to vistit indeed.




Cheers



Stephen

Hi Stephen, yes the whole hill side is covered in petroglyphs. A really amazing place and what's more it's very close to the main road, it's just a case of knowing which track to take from there.



cheers

Dunc

Hi Dunc

Thanks for you photos; it sure is a great place. Here's another of my favourite images

I hope you're keeping well.