Day 5 was a long hot drive from Leonora to Mt Magnet WA but we back tracked for a time to visit the ghost town of Gwalia. A place certainly worth stopping to visit. We arrived to see these old mining shanty's still in good shape and packed with reminders of the past. We walked in and out of the shanty's as they are all open to free view.
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| The shop facade at Leonora WA |
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| One of the miner shanty's in Gwalia, this one had newspapers on the wall dated 1911 as wallpaper |
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| Another shanty from the inside |
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| A view of the ghost town Gwalia |
On the way to Mt Magnet we passed through the towns of Leinster and Sandstone. As the weather was hot and dry the going was slow with plenty of stops on the way to cool down.
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| A view from the Peter Denny lookout on the way to Leinster |
Stopping at Mt Magnet for the night the Caravan Park was quite green and we decided to set up the tent for a night with more sleeping room. Surprisingly we slept better in the Kombi.
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