Karalee Rock - Dam

A fantastic peaceful, pleasant spot to camp it now has a flush loo and dump point tucked away from the highway by about 2 - 3ks as the crow flies.

http://www.yilgarn.wa.gov.au/about/karalee-dam/
Saturday after a phone call to the rest of the group it was decided we would meet them in Kalgoorlie on Sunday  at about 11am.
They wanted to check out the Super Pit, we picked Lake Douglas as our spot for the night.
On to Kalgoorlie we went to find Bunnings and Supercheap as Julian had some problems with the camper winch.

Lake Douglas had quite a lot of water in it so we found a spot overlooking the water, there was a bit of wind blowing, which continued overnight and at about 4:30am it began to rain which woke us up. By 6am we were up with a nice cuppa and the ducks for company.
After packing up we headed for town again to the meeting spot at the top of Hannan street.

All arrived at about 10 am and we had a great reunion.
After a cuppa we got on the road with Errol & Wendy leading then us Julian, Tony & Sue, Graham & Dezma bringing up the rear.

THE OUT BACK WAY (Great Central Road)

Malcolm Dam was the choice for the night camp. 
The story of Malcolm Dam is they were digging out a water hole when the ground just collapsed and a team of horses fell through and disappeared. The job of making a dam was abandoned. Some years later when it was found again the water hole had never dried up so they had better finish the dam walls. Now when it is full there is a very impressive body of water.
There is a warning NEVER SWIM IN THE WATER HOLE AS IT IS VERY DEEP AND VERY COLD. There has been 5 drowning through hyperthermia
 
We checked out Leonora then onto Gwalia mine museum & ghost town.
 Gwalia was a gold mining town of a population of 1000,000 people in its hay day.But now only about 50 people. The local shire has saved a lot of the old miners houses and town businesses buildings of yesteryear, so we had a very enjoyable tour of the museum and looking through the old houses in the town.
http://www.gwalia.org.au/
http://www.australiasgoldenoutback.com/travel-destinations-outback-australia/Kalgoorlie_and_Goldfields/Northern_Goldfields/Leonora_and_Gwalia

Then onto Laverton where we filled up with fuel and water also checked out the Information centre and filled ourselves up with a cuppa.
The countryside looked green and fresh in places and dry in others. Reminded us of around Morawa - Yalgoo Areas. A very enjoyable day our evening was filled with fun and laughter as we all swapped stories together.
A lovely evening even though it got chillie as it got dark. 
I hope that the websites I have included will tell you some of what we have seen.
Maybe another one to morrow if I can get it done until then take care.