After leaving Yalgoo, we drove around some of the outback roads, looking for wildflowers and we’re not sure where our next camp will be.
Morning tea was here near this hole, not sure if it had been a mining dig or a well. Anyway I found a couple of different flowers, so it was worth the stop.
From there we headed into Fields Find
We stopped in to have a look at the Cemetery that is being restored, The remains of these 4 young miners, were all buried together. They lost their lives in 1899. Most small goldmining towns of the 1800S have cemeteries full of sad but interesting stories.
It’s a beautiful area to drive through at the moment. Lakes are all full from all the rain they have had and the everlasting flowers are now starting to come out.
It’s lovely to be able to pull up for a cuppa or camp for the night in a paddock of flowers. Guess that’s why we love this area of WA.
We made camp for the night at a vacant station, that the buildings are being restored on. A great spot and only one other van there.
We were welcomed by a mob of Black Cockatoos. Noisy buggers.
We went for a look around the old homestead, and inside as well at the restorations. There is no way you could leave something like this open over East.
They are sure doing a great job. It must have been a hug cattle station in its day as the homestead and living quarters are big
Most rooms still have the metal patterning on the walls.
The old bath is a green fleck porcelain , they haven’t started restoring the bathroom yet. Do hope the bath can be restored.
That night Chris cooked a BBQ as the sun went down. All’s well in our world.
The next day we were off to find some different wildflowers . It’s still a bit early for the orchids, but it’s still nice wandering around looking.
Camel Soak is a big area of rocks with lots of water holes over it. During the drier times it serves as a watering hole for the wildlife.
I walked all around seeing a few different flowers, I love how the little mosses and fungi plants come to life after the rain.
How exquisite are these little cuties?
After walking all over the rocks, I decided to wander through the bush and to my surprise found some orchids
This one is very similar to the Donkey orchid, but I think it’s the Zebra version.
We only stayed one night at the Soak, as it started to rain overnight
The next morning we booked into Perenjori Caravan Park for 2 nights, another little town in the wheatbelt area and well known for its flowers.
Today we went for a drive, checking out some of the bushland and flowers.
Not far from Morawa our bush track took us through the grain storage area, nothing happening there as the cropping hasn’t started yet.
We found another Dam full of water, in a paddock somewhere
Then we arrived in Morawa, it had an IGA, good , and even better a Bakery called Rosie’s. Lunch and a vanilla slice was a must.
The farmers sure have a quirky sense of humour around these parts, you never know what you’ll find in the paddocks
Chris had his 15mins of fun, then we headed back to Perenjori for another night in the park.
That’s it for now ,we leave here in the morning.