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...