Caravan Trip 2008

Submitted: Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 15:11

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Richard Kovac

Hi All (well some of you) LOL

If anyone is interested here are some photos we took on our last trip 2 weeks ago.

They are of the Golden Quest Discovery Trail

And The Miners Pathway

The Photos are on this site Caravan Trip 2008

Cheers

Richard

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Reply By: westozal - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 15:25

Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 15:25

Hi Richard,
Thankyou for taking time to put up your photo's, my wife and I are considering a similar trip next May, June.
Would a road going caravan be ok on some of the gravel roads you travelled on?
Thanks Alan.

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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 15:47

Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 15:47

Hi Alan

An on road van should be OK. just drop the tyre pressures and take it easy. the hole trip could be done with a 2WD ute, Falcon or Commodore, they are maintained dirt roads.

Cheers

Richard

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Reply By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 17:38

Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 17:38

Enjoyed your photos as usual Richard.

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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 18:11

Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 18:11

Thanks duncan, how did the trip on the weekend go

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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 19:32

Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 19:32

As you know it was very very wet out your neck of the woods. With the Hyden/Noresman Rd being closed we couldn't access the Holland Track from there. Spent a wet but enjoyable Friday night camped up of a track in the shaddow of the Humps at Hyden. From there we meandered back towards Brookton via the Holland Way. Went as much as possible down country Lane type tracks and managed to find 2 more excellent camps along the way. Still a lot of water around as we progressed further South West. Sunday we camped near Boygin Rock.

All in all while not what we planned the 4 days were still fun and we saw parts of the wheat belt we'd never seen before.

PHOTOS OF THE TRIP CAN BE VIEWED HERE

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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 20:06

Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 20:06

They would be the best photos I've seem of Wave Rock.

Just add water, to bring the colours out

Thanks

Richard

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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 20:29

Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 20:29

Thanks Richard. Yer been to Hyden stacks of times but that was the only time I've ever seen the reservoir overflowing.

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Reply By: Member - Willie , Sydney. - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 18:16

Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 18:16

Thanks Richard - very interesting.
Willie

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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Monday, Oct 06, 2008 at 00:35

Monday, Oct 06, 2008 at 00:35

Thank You Willie.

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Reply By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 18:39

Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 18:39

Thanks Richard. Nice photos. Cheers. Mick

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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Monday, Oct 06, 2008 at 00:37

Monday, Oct 06, 2008 at 00:37

Thanks Mick

The only problem now I have to fix the crap Van . :-(

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Reply By: Member - bushfix - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 20:54

Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 20:54

G'day Richard,

the Goldfields, obiviously have a deep rooting in my soul, I have done many miles there and was good to see those photos. Tell me, did you miss Giles's tombstone or had you seen it before (at Coolgardie) and did you visit the Goldfields museum there to see the extraordinary bottle collection?

cheers,

Jeremy.

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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 21:05

Sunday, Oct 05, 2008 at 21:05

Hi Jeremy,

we must have mist it, we didn't get to call into the Museum's as wwe travel with the Dog, she was invited into the Paynes FindGold Battery and Museum by the owner.. :-)

she welled travelled.

Cheers

Richard

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Reply By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Monday, Oct 06, 2008 at 19:04

Monday, Oct 06, 2008 at 19:04

Nice pics....... So wished I could have done a trip out there this year.......
When I was that way last year I stopped to look at Siberia's cemetary and there was some dude with a loader digging up the dirt accross the road.
Was he still there?
Prob gunna be another 2 years before I head out that way again :(
Peter

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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Monday, Oct 06, 2008 at 22:29

Monday, Oct 06, 2008 at 22:29

Thanks Peter

I'm only a point and shoot type of guy. but seen to get 1 out of 100 OK.. LOL.

I did notice that I must be shorter on the left hand side, a lot of photos, seem to be falling that way..

Cheers

Richard

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