An hour east of Geraldton, very much in the wheat belt, is the town of Mullewa. It's the home of WA's 2025 Australian of the Year nominees, announced today while we were here!
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| The priest who designed and built the cathedral in Geraldton was a busy chap... he also did this one in Mullewa. |
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| Mullewa town from the lookout |
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| The town has a couple of trails to drive that tell you the history of the place, from its beginnings as a result of a gold rush through to the present day agricultural focus. |
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| Well, well, well... |
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| Not sure why these teddy bear trees are here! |
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| Our spot for the night. We'd have stayed here in this free camp for a few days if the flies weren't so biblical plague-like. They won - we moved on after one night. |
We drove an hour south to Canna. The news is talking about the heatwave that's moving through WA... yep, can confirm it is indeed!We stopped at another free camp at Canna beside the old church and church hall.
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| We defeated the flies by sitting in our little mesh tent in the shade of the local hall, built by the progress society. Thank you! |
We stayed a couple of days here.
The next day we drove to nearby "War Rock".
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| It's an outcrop of rock with a very low stone wall cemented in place around it to capture the water and divert it to a small dam 500 metres away. |
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| Wildflowers are all but finished, sadly. |
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| Was once a playground outside the store |
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| Not to make light of it, but possibly not if I lived here. |
Definitely in the Wheat Belt!
Moving on tomorrow.
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