Albany WA, Mt Clarence, Desert Mounted Corp, Emu Point
Albany 19 April 2015 An interesting run down to Albany from Hyden through the back country. On our map, they started of as thin brown lines and became thin red lines for some 360km. At first the country was flat, vast expanses of dry looking wheat fields interspersed with heaps of salt lakes, the biggest one of which is Lake Grace, which boasts a tiny town with a large railway siding. The only thing open on a Sunday morning was the servo, where we took some time out to have a coffee and muffin. After Lake Grace the country started to get greener and greener. Way off in the distance we could see the outline of the Stirling Ranges. We figured out that they must be up to 50km away. They kept getting closer and the big flat plains gave way to rolling hills leading up into and across the ranges, which boast their own national park and there were camp grounds and hiking trails all over the place. Stirling Ranges WA Stirling Ranges WA Pressing on we finally came into Alb...