Pick this place.

Thanks for the info Vince. The quadripod frame does look like it should have had some sort of vane on top.

Cheers, John

Well done Ron! Yes it is Point Sandercock. The point was named by Frank Hann in 1903, probably after H. Sandercock who was the chemist at Laverton.

It is an interesting place to visit. There are good views from the top and some unusual cave formations. It is also close to Point Lilian which has some aboriginal rock art in a gorge lined with Cypress Pines.


Cheers, John

Thanks, John. It never ceases to amaze me, where the old explorers travelled to, in the era when covering 40-50 kms a day on good tracks, was making good time - let alone cutting through virgin country.

I can remember an exploration geologist telling me in the early 1970's, how they'd found traces of early prospectors in the Blackstone Range, from around the same time as the Hann expedition.
They found remains of whites having been there, with corroded bully beef tins, a few bottles and traces of harness.

That geologist was exploring in the area known as the Tollu Project, a potentially-sizeable copper deposit just South of the Blackstone Range.
The old-timers knew there was extensive mineralisation there, but they would've been looking for gold.

A lot of the breakaways contain Banded Iron Formations, often a good indicator of gold.

Cheers, Ron.