Sandtone WA...is there a water "feature" around the area
Submitted: Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 17:52
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Member - bungarra (WA)
A friend of mine was shown a spot in the
Sandstone area by the locals some years back ......that he swears was as good as Carowine
Gorge and perhaps not
well known
well he may have got more impressionable as he has got older....and his memory a litttle exegerated perhaps.......
can anyone tell me what is in that general area that perhaps has some form of water body or pool that he is insisting is worth a visit?
Thanks
Reply By: Motherhen - Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 23:13
Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 23:13
I can't imagine where Bungarra. It is pretty dry country and fairly flat apart from a few breakaways. You're in claypan country there so i wouldn't expect anything resembling a
gorge even if only wet after cyclonic rain. Someone may prove me wrong.
Motherhen
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Follow Up By: Member - bungarra (WA) - Monday, May 23, 2011 at 19:40
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 19:40
I agree with you Motherhen....we have travelled in and around there at other times and it has me stumped....but he is serious about some sort of feature.....mystery to me also
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Monday, May 23, 2011 at 23:49
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 23:49
entirely possible after a cyclone like bobby in 95
for instance if I was to tell you about water skiing and people realxing around lake Koppi (where frogs legs mine is now near kundana) you would think I was mad
but in 2000 thats how it was
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Reply By: equinox - Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 23:33
Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 23:33
Maybe Coonayunna Spring, about 27 kms to the north east??
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Follow Up By: Member - bungarra (WA) - Monday, May 23, 2011 at 19:41
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 19:41
hwd no heard of that spot so will
check it out...thanks
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Reply By: ricochet - Monday, May 23, 2011 at 00:31
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 00:31
Montegue minesite north of
sandstone approx 75 km has a flooded pit which is used as a swimming hole, maybe that is it?
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Follow Up By: Member - bungarra (WA) - Monday, May 23, 2011 at 19:43
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 19:43
maybe worth a look to see if it roughly fits his memory...thanks
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Reply By: Villatranquilla - Monday, May 23, 2011 at 15:02
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 15:02
great
views and camping (no water) at Peter Denny
lookout betwene Mt Magnet and
Sandstone
- Malcom
Dam out of
Leonora
- Niagra
Dam out of
Menzies (toilets and a
dump point)
Don't miss Gwalia - easy to spend 1/2 a day there - very interesting
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Follow Up By: Member - bungarra (WA) - Monday, May 23, 2011 at 19:42
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 19:42
thanks, been there done that over the years....still looking
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Reply By: Ian & Sue - Monday, May 23, 2011 at 15:19
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 15:19
I am wondering if he was thinking of Lake Nallen - a bit away from the
Sandstone area but he may have gone through on his travels there. Otherwise most of the surrounding areas are pretty much taken up with mining over the past 3 or 4 years.
Can't wait to hear if someone can solve this mystery.
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Follow Up By: Member - bungarra (WA) - Monday, May 23, 2011 at 19:46
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 19:46
Definately not
Lake Nallan
.i have been there many times on the way to and fro overnight....and so has he.... mystery still to be exhausted and hopefully solved...knowing his memory we may be talking 100k's out.....and only a pool perhaps....
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Reply By: wendys - Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 16:07
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 16:07
Not exactly near
Sandstone, but could it be The Garden Granites, east of
Cue? That had some interesting cliffs and a pool of water.
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