I think I would have to be the most excited person on the continent today.
I've knocked off work early and have started to pack the ute. It's gonna take me a while.
I'm going bush where I belong - I can smell the spinifex I reckon from here.
I've never been to
Newman but I'll hope to be there by Sunday night.
Rudall River then for a recon. I haven't got time to stay to long but should see enough to plan
well for another trip in the future.
The complete
Talawana Track to
Windy Corner passing the CSR,
Midway Well and maybe Winnecke Rock if I can find a track in. Also that big Connely crater.
Then I'm going to have another crack at finding Patience
Well. This
well has tested my patience for long enough. I have additional information I have been holding in secret for a couple of years now - though it still will be needle in a haystack stuff.
Whilst in the area I will go to these coords - 51K 751892 7401628. I spotted a strange white spot there on google earth and I want to know what it is. I have a aerial photo from 1987 and it is on that one as
well but is not as easy to find as it is in black and white. So whatever it is, it has been there for more than 20 years. To me it looks like what would be left after a
drill rig has been through but who knows???
I havent told anyone until now I am going to the area as I didn't want the "Enemies of Freedom" to formulate a plan to cut me off at the pass.
I will then cut cross country to the very remote
Nipper Pinnacle to have a look and also try and claim the nearby confluence which has not been logged yet.
Alfred and Marie Range, very famous, very romantic and I want to go there.
Then across to
Mount Cox,
Mount Colin and then I will try and find
Warri Well. I might add I have aerials for Warri and Patience calibrated into the PDA so I can search via "moving map".
Then to
Wiluna via Gary Highway,
Gunbarrel Highway and
Carnegie Station Road (and a few other minor deviations along the way).
My passenger who has planned this trip with me has pulled out at almost the very last minute due to ill health so I am doing what I have mentioned above alone and solo.
From
Wiluna I am picking up a passenger who will keep me company on the long slow road back to
Perth. This route to
Perth will take in substantial areas of the Goldfields I have never been to including
Lake Darlot, Lake Barlee,
Pigeon Rocks and
Mount Jackson.
This is the plan as it is now.
Wish me luck, and I'll hopefully be able to provide some sort of trip report when I get back.