RFDS ON THE EYRE HWY

Scattered across the Nullabor is a series of roadway airstrips where the Flying Doctor lands in the case of emergencies.  If they do land officials from nearby communities will block ofF the highway when the plane is due to land.

Quite important that when you take a picture from this position that you don't cause an emergency by getting run over by oncoming traffic.

And it's time to hit the road!

GIBSON SOAK HOTEL

Gibson Soak Hotel

Gibson Soak hotel is between Esperance and Norseman and in dad's book (page 8 onward) he writes about when Mick Nelli (my grandfather) took the gang of railway workers to the Soak Hotel for a round of beers as a celebration for the birth of his daughter, Rosalie Nelli (dad's sister).

The tree looks like it has probably been there for over a 100 years too!

 

And after a short stop to wet the whistle, it's 

time to hit the road 

LAKE NANIJUP FOR SOME R AND R AT CHRISTMAS

And here we are at Lake Nanijup about 26km from Cranbrook. But first things first, Karen you've got the right idea!

 

It's important to follow all directions, Karen thought it was important for me to stand under this particular sign

Here's a photo of some of our friends we met at the lake.

 

And a nice photo of a lovely couple

Here's sunrise over the lake

Karen inspecting some flora at the lake. Karen reckons with a bit of TLC this one might be saved.

Another top shot

Yellow plant

And it's Christmas by the lake looking forward to lots of presents from Santa.

First full moon on Christmas night since 1977

Amazing wildflowers!

Simply sparkling!

Look who popped in for a couple of drinks what a night we had!

The cleaning lady on duty

AND IT'S TIME TO HIT THE ROAD

A SHORT STAY AT GREENBUSHES WITH SOME LIKABLE CHARACTERS

An interesting visit to the mine site just about blew us off the hill

They built this cage especially for us

Here I am holding onto my hat

A look inside the Greenbushes gaol

Several old unused mine shafts are scattered throughout the bush here at Greenbushes

Good to see the Royal Life Saving Resuscitation chart on display at the Greenbushes Swimming pool!  Great spot!

They spent some money on a very nice boardwalk around the swimming pool

And for those of you that have an eye for antiques Mark (the store owner not me) at the Greenbushes Antique Store has a fantastic collection of stuff from vinyl records to old radios and gramophones. Worth a look 
SORRY NO PICTURES

AND IT'S TIME TO HIT THE ROAD!

After a good night of bush tucker it's time to entertain the local kids who come out in droves to watch me sing.

 Ahhh after a good feed of bush tucker and a cool beverage from the Coolgardie fridge we settled down for an evening of stories of the bush.

 

It's important that when you are eating bush tucker that you know exactly what it is that you are eating. It was just fortunate that with my wealth of knowledge of forest tucker I know which foods Karen could put on the table, and what a feast we had.

This fury little friend was caught singing a little serenade we think calling the rest of the family that it was safe to proceed.  This forest wren is around a quarter the weight of a household mouse, so is affectionately known as forest mice.