Patience Well
Submitted: Thursday, Aug 07, 2003 at 19:42
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David
Does anyone know if
Patience Well has been rediscovered? If so can any one help with the co-ordinates and any other trip notes following David
Carnegie's original route.
Thanks to all who reply
David
Reply By: Big John (QLD) - Thursday, Aug 07, 2003 at 22:11
Thursday, Aug 07, 2003 at 22:11
David,
I was with Ron Moon and a group of others (including Errol from WA whom you also hear from on this
forum and will probably comment on this subject) two years ago and we spent some time looking for
Patience Well. After much driveing and walking through spinnerfex looking, we found no
sign of the
well. Ron had a fair bit of information on the
well location but it did date back to the 18 hundreds. I would have to dig out my trip log to give you the exact area in which we were looking. The area was aproximatly 100k SE of
well 33 on the Canning if my memory serves me correctly. I am heading to the Canning again next week for a 7 week trip and will be digging out my old log so I will post you back what ever information I have if I come across it. Meanwhile I am sure Errol will also have some information if he replies.
Regard
John
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Follow Up By: David - Friday, Aug 08, 2003 at 08:30
Friday, Aug 08, 2003 at 08:30
John
Thanks for that. I hope to be our that way next year poking around with a couple of other vehicles. Good to get off the usual tourist
trails. I find at times
the desert is getting to crowed for me.
David
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Reply By: JimB - Friday, Aug 08, 2003 at 08:02
Friday, Aug 08, 2003 at 08:02
Yeah Johnno,
And a bloody big oil rig out there too. Dave, they called the oil rig
Patience Well. I was with Moonie, Big
John and Errol too. People were all guessing at that time that the original
Patience Well had only been a soak or depression in the ground. Do
well (pun) to find it now. We didn't spend a huge amount of time looking though. If one was fair dinkum and didn't have pressing itineraries you'd probably have to spend a few days/ week looking around.
Magic country but.
Jimb
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Follow Up By: Big John (QLD) - Saturday, Aug 09, 2003 at 22:03
Saturday, Aug 09, 2003 at 22:03
Hay Jimbo & Robin,
Good to hear from you. I Take it we are not going to meet you on the highway next week on our way to the Canning, (7 more sleeps then away for 7 weeks) Give us a call next time you are in
Brisbane, there's always plenty of beds.
love Deb &
John
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Reply By: Greg Harewood - Tuesday, Aug 12, 2003 at 00:01
Tuesday, Aug 12, 2003 at 00:01
David - little/no chance of finding this and even if you thought you did, little chance of convincing others..Despite this get a copy of "In the Hands of Providence" by William Peasley for some additional info on this
well. Based on what Ive read it would have long ago filled in and be unrecognizable from any other section of
the desert. It was just a deep hole dug in a creek bed...you would have better prospects looking for Lasseters Reef.
Cheers
Greg
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