On our way again after a few lovely days on the lake, our first stop was morning tea at Cranbrook, only an old hall there and a few flowers.
In fact the ground here was covered in these little lillies. We ended up booking into our most expensive Caravan park yet at Kojonup, out of town, middle of nowhere, bush setting, very untidy, old and $34 a night. !! However I did the washing. $20 here would have been sufficient.
The next day and still showering with rain we arrived at Katanning. A good little town in the wheat belt, all you need there.
As the weather had turned very ordinary, it was a good day to put new tyres on the van and a bit more shopping. And pics of a few murels.
Some of Chris’s ancestors had settled in Woodanilling in the early days , so we had a stop overnight in the RV park and a walk around town next morning.
From there we drove some of the back roads and stopped to wander through the nature reserves.
Look at the eyes on this green spider orchid,! Well named. Further along the road we came across this sign. Not sure if we should keep going, Chris was a bit worried about losing his alcohol, haha.
First house was deserted…so we kept going, the further we went the more evident it was that the place was deserted.
A whole settlement of probably 50 plus homes, as well as comunity hall, church, and children’s parks. Some brick and tile, all with water tanks. Some even had solar hot water . THE PLACE WAS TRASHED.!!! Power poles pushed over and the wiring still attached. No doubt a lot of $$ of copper wiring. Thankfully the power would have been cut off.
We realized there wasn’t anybody living out there, so we parked the car and had a look around. What we saw was absolutely criminal, the interiors of every building had been destroyed, all windows were broken and furniture that was still there was smashed.
In one of the streets there was the remains of a remembrance park, great big granite plaques had been ripped out of the ground and left laying. Some still had the names of those that lived in the mission over the years.
The outer toilet building at the comunity hall still had all the fittings, left, trashed.! I know these institutions have a sad past, but why, why ,the waste, the destruction, where are the authorities , the government ? So many people are homeless at the moment, due to no fault of their own. And we find a whole township? Still annoyed over the waste here , 4 days later.😡
Time to move on, I needed a bush walk and some flower therapy . We drove on a few klms and pulled into a side track and put the jug on for a cuppa.
I had just walked out with my cuppa and saw a ute coming towards us . So happened we were parked in the gateway to a lady’s property, no problem she took another track out and pulled up to talk. Yes she would love a cuppa tea, we chatted for awhile then I was invited to go and see some of the flowers on a property next to hers. Talk about never getting into a car with a stranger, haha.
I was shown white and pink spider orchids,
Cow horn lillies, Zebra orchids
Duck orchids
And hammer orchids. Its no wonder we hadn’t found these before as as the flowers are only about the size of my thumbnail , an about 6″ tall.
I was so grateful to be shown these little ones. She dropped me back to the van and Chris and I backed out of the driveway and on our way, to do more bush walking down the road.
That bush area was full of colour, then it was time to make camp. We settled on a great spot beside Lake Queerearrup. Backed up to the new BBQ area, cooked our dinner and watched the sun go down over the lake.
We ended up staying here for a few days, such a nice area, nobody else around, A few birds, full moon, and a nice place to walk around with the camera.
Also had nice sunrises, when I managed to get out of bed to take a pic. Then back to bed as most mornings are only about 3 degrees. Days are around the low 20s.
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