Day 1
The day started early to finish off final packing and double double checking everything is done. We headed off at 9.00am out along Great Eastern Highway, through Midland heading east to Northam, Cunderdin, Kellerberrin, Merredin, Southern Cross, Coolgardie to Kalgoorlie. Along the highway we had the water pipeline coming and going and many parts of the road are lined with beautiful Coral Gums, their trunk colour amazing. Many road trains heading West. For those who know Mick's past travels with Telstra, we did the Microwave Repeater Station spotting, passing or sighting in the distance, Sawyers Valley, Northam, Bulgin Rock, Tammin Rock, Baandee, Merredin, Tank Hill, 23 Mile Ridge, Moorine Rock, Ghooli, No. 7 Tank, Boorabbin, Finlayson, Emu Hill and Mt Charlotte. The view around Kalgoorlie from Mt Charlotte is fabulous and reading the history of the Perth to Kalgoorlie pipeline very interesting.