20180423 Hyden to Leonora
Hyden, Wave Rock, Mulka's Cave, Emu Fence Rd, Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie, superpit, Menzies, Leonora.
Parent album:
0: Wave Rock Motel
1: Plaque
2: Not convinced it has been renovated since '77
3: The classic.
4: Wave Rock Motel
5: Information bay across the road from the hotel (phone pano)
6: Hyden Hotel (phone panorama)
7: Water fountain (nonfunctional) marking the connecting of Hyden's water supply from Kondinin.
8: Hyden information sign (east side)
9: Hyden information sign (west side)
10: Rail yard
11: Metal dragonfly
12: Giant redback
13: Hyden Lions Park
14: Achievement unlocked! Fill a vehicle with more than 45l of fuel, and pay more than $70 to do so!
15: Pink and greys
16: Pink and greys doing a runner
17: Wave rock
18: Extreme closeup of wave rock
19: Wave rock
20: Closeup of wave rock
21: Wave rock
22: Closeup of wave rock
23: Dad and wave rock
24: Wave rock (phone pano)
25: Path the long way around to the top of Wave Rock
26: The short (and not recommended) way to the top
27: Wave rock (phone pano)
28: Don't fall off.
29: This wall was apparently to collect water?
30: View from the top of wave rock (DSLR pano).
31: Wall at top of wave rock.
32: View from the top of wave rock (phone pano).
33: Information
34: Trees
35: Trees
36: Trees
37: Road train route
38: Dry (and probably salty) lake
39: Dry lake
40: Salt lake
41: I think this was Lovering Rd.
42: Another successful photobomb by a tree
43: Trees
44: Trees
45: Lichen
46: Lichen-covered tree. A sign that fire hasn't been through here for a while.
47: Mulka's Cave
48: Mulka's Cave
49: Inside Mulka's Cave
50: Inside Mulka's Cave
51: Inside Mulka's Cave
52: Inside Mulka's Cave
53: Extreme closeup of the cave stone
54: Lichen and moss covered stone outside the cave
55: Many handprints visible
56: Didn't notice that there were that many handprints!
57: Giant cracks in giant rocks
58: Moss surrounded by lichen
59: Back on the road.
60: Does this count as a triptych?
61: The end (of bitumen) is nigh!
62: Dirt road
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66: birb in the sky
67: slightly better view of birb
68: Yellow line on a yellow background it seems
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70: We're being followed by a cloud of dust
71: Trees and motion blur
72: Trees and motion blur
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77: Approaching truck
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79: Tree with weird lump
80: Vermin proof fence
81: Yellow wildflowers
82: Cleared field
83: Blurred and unblurred.
84: 25km to GEH
85: Lots of signs
86: The last couple of km of this road was a different colour, and bumpier
87: Microwave relay tower in distance
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89: Microwave relay tower
90: Signs.
91: Signs.
92: Now on Great Eastern Highway, recognisable by the water pipeline.
93: You can tell we've been offroad now.
94: Great Eastern Highway was actually bumpier than the dirt track we were just on.
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97: Caution, kangaroos jumping over emus
98: They don't look open
99: Pipeline now on the other side of the highway
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102: Approaching Coolgardie
103: Entering Coolgardie
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105: Marvel Bar Hotel (and RSL)
106: 38km until Kalgoorlie
107: Trees
108: Road
109: Entering Kalgoorlie
110: Whoah, traffic lights! These weren't here last time I was here in the 80's...
111: Lunch - smashed avo on toast
112: Superpit (DSLR pano)
113: Superpit (phone pano)
114: PC8000 bucket. Capacity 70 tonnes.
115: Me standing in the bucket.
116: Superpit (55mm). Yes, that tiny speck in the middle of frame is a car.
117: Rather blurry phone panorama.
118: Superpit (18mm)
119: Superpit (250mm). That near invisible speck was indeed a car.
120: Kaboom.
121: Smoke clearing
122: Smoke clearing
123: A wider view
124: Two haulpack drivers are presumable talking (shouting?) to each other.
125: Kalgoorlie/Boulder from the superpit lookout
126: Various vehicles.
127: An attempt at scale.
128: Menzies municipal building.
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130: Near sunset in Menzies (DSLR)
131: Near sunset in Menzies (phone)
132: Menzies municipal building.
133: Tonigt only!
134: A nice parmi
135: Leonora Motor Inn. Neatly arranged items on my bed.
136: Gideon-compliant.
137: The plan that will not survive contact with the enemy (namely, ourselves)
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