C. Nyal de Kaye
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Last year we went gold prospecting to Western Australia again. Here are a few pics that may give you a bit of a feel for a place you may never otherwise see.
They are not in chronological order and follow no real theme.
We try to place our caravan right on the gold and have all the comforts of home. We found gold here within eight feet of the caravans. We got about 70 small nuggets in total here, all small and just short of one ounce in total. But it was fun.
This is washing day.
Here is our outback loo. We had no rain on our trip, just in case you want to know. And no visitors either.
This bloke visited us many times looking for a handout. He was not at all worried about us, in fact he just acted as if we did not exist. He seems to very accurately mirror our politicians; endlessly wandering about trying to look busy, grabbing what he could, and having absolutely no concern for us even though we were feeding him.
This little fellow also wandered into our site and sat happily in this spoon making no attempt to escape. Finally we just tipped him out and he just wandered slowly off.
Here is another one of our lizards. This one commonly called a blue tongue. You may guess why.
One day we came upon this lonely grave. There are many of them in outback Oz.
One afternoon I saw this cave and wandered over to have a bit of a sticky-beak. It turned out to be a sort of fast-food restaurant for dingo's, our native dog. Inside were many kangaroo bones. It would be quite a nice place to eat for a dingo; lovely and cool in the oppressive heat and your meal is unlikely to be interrupted.
We were there for gold and obtained this lot in one patch that we found. There's an ounce or so there.
This turned out to be a nice specimen coming from 15 inches down. 44 grams with 12 grams of gold.
There is quite a bit of quartz in some areas making detecting difficult at times.
There's some pretty hard ground as well.
Robyn having a bit of luck. 2.8 grams worth.
This bloke seems to have run out of luck, but it must have been 50 years ago or more.
Driving about one day we came across this abandoned hut. It is in a pretty remote spot but we found a bit of gold around there so we suspect the hut owner did alright. He wouldn't build this just for fun.
This conglomerate has quite a bit of gold in it. We did not find it, but we met up with the bloke who did and hence this picture. He got enough to pay for his entire trip and then some, and all from one patch about as big as small room. He also had several ounces in solid nuggets all from this spot.
We called into a small town called Cue. There were quite a few of these two-roomed cottages there. Strange little houses and still occupied today.
Travelling to Western Australia is quite a trip for us and we do a bit of exploring as we go. We saw this in a museum. It is an coffin container of some antiquity. In the old days it took many months to traverse the country, and equally months to return the body of someone who passed away. Hence this device. The coffin was placed inside this steel container that was then totally sealed . Thus it could travel vast distances and I'll leave you to guess why it was necessary. We had never seen anything like this before.
In a town called Coober Pedy in South Australia we visited this underground Church. There were two Churches in the town and both have been dug into the ground. It is a fully functioning Church. Both are quite different and are well-worth a visit. The town also has an underground motel but it is not too popular with claustrophobic's.
In the late 1950's I was travelling through the towns along the Murray River and came across the "Gem" which is a paddle steamer. At that time it was on the bottom with just a part of its upper deck being visible. Paddle steamers were the mode of transport in earlier days. I was surprised to see the Gem once again in all its re-floated glory, but it is now in a museum. Many paddle steamers still plie the Murray for the tourist trade.
This is one of our camping spots on the Murray River.
These rocky monoliths, if that is the correct term for them, are called the Haystacks and I thought them to be quite curious. There are many of them in an area of a few acres.
In Australia we seem to be a bit sort on original names. Thus this structure goes by the rather mundane and unimaginative name of London Bridge.
I have hundreds of pictures and, if this is an example of the best of them, then you should be glad that I only showed you this lot!
If you be kind to me I promise that I won't put up any more.
They are not in chronological order and follow no real theme.
We try to place our caravan right on the gold and have all the comforts of home. We found gold here within eight feet of the caravans. We got about 70 small nuggets in total here, all small and just short of one ounce in total. But it was fun.
This is washing day.
Here is our outback loo. We had no rain on our trip, just in case you want to know. And no visitors either.
This bloke visited us many times looking for a handout. He was not at all worried about us, in fact he just acted as if we did not exist. He seems to very accurately mirror our politicians; endlessly wandering about trying to look busy, grabbing what he could, and having absolutely no concern for us even though we were feeding him.
This little fellow also wandered into our site and sat happily in this spoon making no attempt to escape. Finally we just tipped him out and he just wandered slowly off.
Here is another one of our lizards. This one commonly called a blue tongue. You may guess why.
One day we came upon this lonely grave. There are many of them in outback Oz.
One afternoon I saw this cave and wandered over to have a bit of a sticky-beak. It turned out to be a sort of fast-food restaurant for dingo's, our native dog. Inside were many kangaroo bones. It would be quite a nice place to eat for a dingo; lovely and cool in the oppressive heat and your meal is unlikely to be interrupted.
We were there for gold and obtained this lot in one patch that we found. There's an ounce or so there.
This turned out to be a nice specimen coming from 15 inches down. 44 grams with 12 grams of gold.
There is quite a bit of quartz in some areas making detecting difficult at times.
There's some pretty hard ground as well.
Robyn having a bit of luck. 2.8 grams worth.
This bloke seems to have run out of luck, but it must have been 50 years ago or more.
Driving about one day we came across this abandoned hut. It is in a pretty remote spot but we found a bit of gold around there so we suspect the hut owner did alright. He wouldn't build this just for fun.
This conglomerate has quite a bit of gold in it. We did not find it, but we met up with the bloke who did and hence this picture. He got enough to pay for his entire trip and then some, and all from one patch about as big as small room. He also had several ounces in solid nuggets all from this spot.
We called into a small town called Cue. There were quite a few of these two-roomed cottages there. Strange little houses and still occupied today.
Travelling to Western Australia is quite a trip for us and we do a bit of exploring as we go. We saw this in a museum. It is an coffin container of some antiquity. In the old days it took many months to traverse the country, and equally months to return the body of someone who passed away. Hence this device. The coffin was placed inside this steel container that was then totally sealed . Thus it could travel vast distances and I'll leave you to guess why it was necessary. We had never seen anything like this before.
In a town called Coober Pedy in South Australia we visited this underground Church. There were two Churches in the town and both have been dug into the ground. It is a fully functioning Church. Both are quite different and are well-worth a visit. The town also has an underground motel but it is not too popular with claustrophobic's.
In the late 1950's I was travelling through the towns along the Murray River and came across the "Gem" which is a paddle steamer. At that time it was on the bottom with just a part of its upper deck being visible. Paddle steamers were the mode of transport in earlier days. I was surprised to see the Gem once again in all its re-floated glory, but it is now in a museum. Many paddle steamers still plie the Murray for the tourist trade.
This is one of our camping spots on the Murray River.
These rocky monoliths, if that is the correct term for them, are called the Haystacks and I thought them to be quite curious. There are many of them in an area of a few acres.
In Australia we seem to be a bit sort on original names. Thus this structure goes by the rather mundane and unimaginative name of London Bridge.
I have hundreds of pictures and, if this is an example of the best of them, then you should be glad that I only showed you this lot!
If you be kind to me I promise that I won't put up any more.
I like the camping by the river the best, but probably not as prosperous as the desert areas! Keep them coming...I don't mind your posts at all! Seeing different areas of our planet is interesting and most I will never be able to visit! May God Bless and congrats on the gold...an oz is worth something, along with the pleasure of camping and hunting! Amen! 
Ma