Bad Puns and Great Pizza – Exploring the Goldfields Nov 2020
- Nov 21, 2020
- 2 min read
Attending this trip
Penny and Spence: Landcruiser
Dave and Cindy: Prado
Ivo and Lucy: Landcruiser
Sean and Deb: Triton
Shane and Ralph: Triton
We met at the Lakes Roadhouse and headed East. After a stop at Merredin for fuel and ice cream, and an opportunity for Shane and Ralph to have a quick look at Merredin museum we continued on to Boondi Rock. We drove through some rain but it had stopped by the time we got to Boondi and set up camp. It’s a great little camp ground and provided the opportunity for Ralph and Shane, both of whom were keen to see if the goldfields lived up to their name, to dig a large and quite unproductive hole. Ivo was able to do his normal mountain goat impression walking up the rock, closely followed by Deb, with Cindy, Lucy and I following some way behind. There was a lovely view of the black clouds rolling in from the top of the rock, so we made our way back to camp and enjoyed an evening chatting before retiring to our tents/campers just before the rain started.
Boondi Rock
The next morning we managed to pack up without getting too wet. We fuelled and turned off the tar at Coolgardie, having already received a message from the camp host at Credo that they had had LOTS of rain, and some tracks would not be accessible. The track to Credo is part of the Golden Quest Discovery Trail and we had our first view of the past when we stopped at the ruined Premier Hotel, probably a very impressive establishment in its day.
The Premier Hotel
Arriving at Credo, we set up camp and then drove to the Broad Arrow Tavern for lunch.
Old mining machinery at Menzies
Next stop was Lake Ballard, another drone opportunity for Dave, and a climbing opportunity for Ivo and Deb. Shane and Ralph had gone off prospecting, hoping to find that retirement nugget, but were empty handed but not discouraged when we met them back at the camp. There is always the next trip to find it.
Story by Penny and Spence
General photos from the trip
BM Prado Adventures
