A cool start to the day with the cloud cover returning after clear skies through the night and we were up for a quiet 300 kilometre drive to Esperance today.
Took a look through Norseman including going up to the Beacon Hill Lookout. It is interesting to head up a hill with caravan in tow then have to stop to allow big mine trucks to cross the road. A lot of history to be learnt at the lookout but not a lot to see as the trees have all grown.
Out of town, we made the stop at Bromus Dam for lunch. This showed the ingenuity of the early pioneers where they created small stone walls on a granite outcrop which directed the rainfall into a pipe which took it to a dam 1 kilometre away. The water was used for the steam trains of the time.
Passed through towns like Salmon Gums and Grass Patch which would have been booming in the early mining times but are barely alive now.
Jenny was starting to get pains in her chest and left arm and we still had 80 kilometres to the nearest hospital. On top of that, more storms made their way across us with heavy rain and strong winds. On arriving at Esperance, a beeline was made to the hospital where Jenny was connected to machines that go “bing” but nothing was found to be out of order and it is possibly a virus causing the pain.
While Jenny was getting checked out, I took the caravan to our digs for the night at the Pink Lake Tourist Park and then took in some of the sights grabbing some geocaches as well.
What will tomorrow bring – the adventure continues.
