Attracted to Mt Magnet - 16th & 17th July 2013 The ride from Leonora to Mt Magnet was a treat as we both love the scenery out here. Even the cold wind did not take away from our enjoyment. First stop was Leinster for a refuel and toilet break. Leinster was a bit of a surprise particularly after Laverton in its post mining days. Leinster being one of those well laid out and very neat company built mining towns. The only sign of being in the outback was t...

LAVERTON WA-CENTRAL DESERT COUNTRY Monday 15 July 2013 (There is a place called Laverton near Geelong, Victoria, but the WA place is pronounced differently…Layverton.) Another perfect sunny day, 24 degrees, while Perth has cold rainy storms. The rains that have been happening in the north eastern and central parts of WA have settled down, which helps us with our motor biking adventures. We don't want to deal with flooded roads if we can avoid it. Lav...

LOVELY LEONORA AND GHOSTLY GWALIA Sunday 14 July 2013 It was a lovely sunny day for riding into Leonora, the north eastern goldfields town that has seen much bigger days. Now Leonora is a tiny town with a row of closed down little shops, 2 roadhouses, a pub, a surprisingly large and well stocked supermarket, a post office and a tourist office. And a caravan park for Mighty Intrepids! The town relies on some mining contractors, along with hopeful gold prospe...

Seeking the past in Menzies - Saturday 13th July As much as we enjoyed Kalgoorlie we were glad to be moving on and leaving our "Bad weather hoodoo" behind. Grey clouds and cold weather saw us on our way to Leonora. The plan was to have a good look around Menzies where my Great Grandfather was reported, in our family history, to be the Postmaster in the early 1900's. Menzies is one of those ever shrinking ex-gold towns that are way past their glory days. The ...

THREADS OF TIME ENTWINE-A STORY OF ONE MAN'S HONESTY Yesterday Dave and I stopped at Menzies for 2 ½ hours, on our way to Leonora for a few days. Thirty five years ago when I used to live in the Eastern Goldfields, Menzies was a busier town; now it is a main street that has been heritage listed and a lot of money has been spent on signs, iron sculptures and other history features, courtesy of the Royalties for Regions dollars going back into the local minin...