Kalgoolie

Great news!!!, Simon informed us that we are going to be grandparents again. Kelly is expecting in febuary,that will be five.

Wave Rock was awesome, we walked all over it and found a dam on the edge of it. They have constructed a cement wall around the top funneling the water into the dam. Friday 21st we headed for Kalgoolie via the Holland Track passed nickle mines and rock formations called the Breakaways,(worth a look.) We tried to skirt some roadworks and ended up bogged in mud, took ten minutes backwards and forwards to get out and lost a mud flap.

We stayed the following week in Kal with Emma and Ashley (Phil's nephew) in comfort. We checked out all the highlites,the Super pit(watched a blast ),Museum,Mining Hall of Fame(went underground),Pubs(skimpies) and shops, even the Brothel (for a tour,no samples!). It was good to stay put for a while, and some quality time with our wonderful hosts. We also checked out the buildings in Boulder that were damaged by the earthquake (nasty), and visited Diane's niece and nephew Angela and Scott and families and Vanessa's friend Liz. The work we had hoped for fizzled out, don't matter more holidays.

Friday28th we set off south west through more mining then grain country (big tractors). Camped near Corrogin with some Queenslanders and had a late night (good fun).Diane eyeballed a fox .

Today we travelled to Collie through some better country than we've seen for a while.(Jarra country).