Judy & Brian Tour Oz

Norseman WA April 1, 2015 A rest day today. Time to go and experience all that Norseman has to offer. First stop was the info centre where we enquired after the Heritage Trail, something to do with Old Dundas some 20 km down the old Cobb and Co road. On our way to the start of the road we took a snap of Hardy Norseman, the nag that started it all back in 1894. The story is that the prospecting party out in the field from Dundas had given up. Obviously there was nothing here. One of the blokes was Lawrence Sinclair, who was from the Shetland Island and known as the 'Norseman'. Well, anyway they are ready to pack it in when his horse kicks the ground or something and bingo, right there was a nugget as big as your fist. They started the mine that became the town and the town was known as Norseman after the horse. Or so they say. Hardy Norseman, founder of Norseman WA Having bagged our nag, we went into the museum, housed in the old School of Mines. Interesting collection of...

Hi, well, I'm out of sync with the days as they roll on by but hey, what can one do? I'm just a little annoyed at Google right now because they have arbitrarily forced me over from Picasa web albums to Google+. Now I don't like or need Google+, so I've spend some time finding out how to get back to Picasa. Highlight of yesterday was a camel ride along Cable Beach at sunset. After the test drive in Alice, I was pretty happy not to repeat the event as it's just damn uncomfortable. But somehow here we were saddling up for the one hour trek. Most interesting part was the cameleer, who at 18 seemed to have a an opinion on everything that was wrong with the world and politics and didn't mind sharing. God bless the zealots of the world. Today we went and ogled the Dawn Princess that came into town. I was on the beach this morning as it rounded the headland - you could still see half of the superstructure as it slid by on the other side! Took advantage of the loca...