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WALLISTON  Safari 5  September  2009

 

 

NEWSLETTER  1

 

 

“it’s great to be…in the great outdoors”

 

 

Back to the Murchison

 

 

Hi Folks, it’s me again

 

MEETING OF TWO

Yep – you guessed it, there has been another “secret meeting of two” at which it was decided that we should return again to the Murchison. So, it is proposed that we embark on an 8 day Safari extending north-west of our traditional grounds. We will visit many familiar and some new places on the way there and also via a different path on the way back.

 

Special resolution at this meeting …to be announced in the “Late News”.

 Yep – you guessed right again … the vote was unanimous !

 

 

PARTICIPATION

 

Applications for participation (vehicles, drivers and passengers) will be received up until 5:00pm Friday 11^th September 2009.

 Late applications will only be considered in person at a meeting of all participants immediately prior to departure, 7:15am on 12^th September 2009.

 

 

DEPARTURE

7:30am 12^th September 2009.

From: 25 Carob Tree Place LESMURDIE.

 

ITINERARY

It is our intention to travel via the Great Northern Highway to north of Paynes Find on the first day and then stay west of the highway travelling and visiting as many places of interest (of which I am learning from many different people that there are one hell’ ova lot) as far north as Murchison Settlement and many in between.

 

DRAFT ITINERARY-1   Scrapped - as it did not include a camp at 

                                                 Warroan Hill. There was a revolt en-mass from  

                                                people down in the valley.

 

 

DRAFT ITINERARY -2

Saturday 12th

Walliston - Noncutting Hill (Kirkalocka). 500kms

 

Sunday 13th

Noncutting Hill – Claypan Lake. 200kms  via Yoweragabbie, Mt Magnet, Cue,                                                                                                                                     Danny’s Demise, Glen. 200kms

 

Monday 14^th

Claypan Lake – Murchison Settlement – area. 160kms

 

Tuesday 15^th

Murchison Settlement – Boora Pool (Murgoo or Meka Station). 180kms

 

Wednesday 16^th

Boora Pool - Warroan Hill. 150kms

 

Thursday 17^th

Warroan Hill – Jokers Tunnel. 120kms

 

Friday 18^th

Jokers Tunnel – Remlap Station. 240kms

 

Saturday 19^th

Remlap Station – Walliston. 350kms

 

 

Total estimated Safari distance = 1900kms.

 

CONCLUSION

We will have time on Monday to make contact with the people at Boolardy Station as “the brothers three” have a family association here, as well as other family ties to this area.

 

In keeping with our intention to follow and explore “old Walliston Wanderer” haunts. Jingemarra Station (which we should be passing through on Wednesday) is one of those places and also reportedly has a Dean Hawes built Chapel.

 

Keith Powell is putting together a list of places to visit in the Wooleen - Murchison Station area.

 

 

                                                              Please respond with your thoughts on all or part of the above.

 

 

Cheers for now,

 

 

 

B…otm.

 

14  June 2009

 

Bruce Cameron

H: 9291 7966. M: 0408 924 868

 

WALLISTON  Safari  5.. September 2009

 

“it’s great to be…in the great outdoors”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*****     *****     *****     *****     *****

 

 

LATE  NEWS

 

The  BIG  Safari

WHERE - WHEN

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Newsletter 2





                
 

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         Newsletter 3
  
Email of 1 September 2009

Hi Folks

Please find attached "Newsletter 3"


Apart from Ray Chester does anyone need a

WALLISTON SAFARI sign for their vehicle.


B...otm.


"it's great to be...in the great outdoors"


          

 

 

 

WALLISTON  Safari 5  September  2009

 

 

NEWSLETTER  3

 

 

“it’s great to be…in the great outdoors”

 

 

Back to the Murchison

 

 

Hi Folks, it’s me again

 

Yes it is nearly that day. That day in September we have all been longing for. The day that we leave for “The Murchison”. No more standing around between rainstorms trying to get a little sun on our backs, it will be there all day.  

 

Some new roads and places to see, some of us have been there and most of us have not.

 

Wildflowers are in abundance this year but don’t go much past Paynes Find.

 

 

 

DEPARTURE

7:00 - 7:30am 12^th September 2009.

 

From: 25 Carob Tree Place LESMURDIE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPATION and MOBILE NUMBERS

Confirmed and hopefuls coming on Walliston Safari 5.

 

We have a new to Walliston Safari but a previous Walliston Wanderer, Ray Chester. Ray is driving his own vehicle and probably traveling alone, for reasons that I am sure he will tell us about around the campfire. Great to have you along Ray.

 

Colin Jobling hopefully will join us about Tuesday afternoon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CALLSIGN

 

1…Bernard Arrantash; Bill Tibbertsma.

 

2…Lindsay Craig; Joan Brown.

 

3…Colin Jobling.

 

4…Richard Young; Kathy Young, Lesley Kelleher.

 

5…Bruce Cameron; John Andrews, Julie & Danny Woodhams.

 

6… Dennis Humfrey; Carline Humfrey, Keith Powell.

 

7…Kim Dartnall; Richard Dartnall, Steve Dartnall.

 

8…Bill Dalgleish.

 

9…Ray Chester.

 

 

 

 

 

ITINERARY

At the moment “draft itinerary - 3” seams to be looking like what we will start with. Slight changes to draft itinerary 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DRAFT ITINERARY - 3

Saturday 12th

Walliston - Noncutting Hill (Kirkalocka). 500kms

 

Sunday 13th

Noncutting Hill – Claypan Lake.  via Yoweragabbie, Mt Magnet, Cue,                                                                                                                                     Danny’s Demise, Glen. 200kms

 

Monday 14^th

Claypan Lake – Billabalong Station – northern end. 160kms

 

Tuesday 15^th

Billabalong Station –  Meka Station. 180kms

 

Wednesday 16^th

Meka Station - Warroan Hill. 150kms

 

Thursday 17^th

Warroan Hill – Jokers Tunnel. 120kms

 

Friday 18^th

Jokers Tunnel – Remlap Station. 240kms

 

Saturday 19^th

Remlap Station – Walliston. 350kms

 

 

Total estimated Safari distance = 1900kms.

 

 

 

 

RFDS AUCTION  or  VERMIN FENCE ??

The traditional auction continues.

 

 

THE WALLY HAT

The tradition continues.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NIBBLES ROSTER

Callsign  1  Saturday

 

   “          2  Sunday

 

   “          4  Monday

 

   “          5  Tuesday

 

   “          6  Wednesday

 

   “          7  Thursday

  

   “          3, 8 & 9  Friday

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATION CONTACT

 

Contact has been made with 9 or 10 stations. Some of this contact has been to seek permission to camp and other to just pass through. There are stations that have not been contacted that we will be just passing through on a gazetted road. We will not be camping on Wooleen Station as it is Station stay only.

 

 

 

 

CONCLUSION

I have been given a new place of interest to go and see, by the owners of Boogardie Satation, but it is not on Boogardie ??? You won’t guess this one.

 

 

Cheers for now,

 

B…otm.

 

1 September 2009

 

Bruce Cameron

H: 9291 7966. M: 0408 924 868

 

WALLISTON  Safari  5.. September 2009

 

“it’s great to be…in the great outdoors”

 

 

 

 

 

*****     *****     *****     *****     *****

 

 

DON’T  FORGET

 

The  BIG  Safari

WHERE – WALLISTON to KUNUNURRA (via the COAST and GIBB RIVER ROAD returning via HALLS CREEK – MARBLE BAR – KARIJINI and the inland road)

 

WHEN – 29 MAY 2010 for 6 weeks

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When Who Where

                   

 

                     Safari Photos





  

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       Newsletter 4

            Email of 14 November 2009

          Hi Folks

Please find attached Newsletter 4 "Done & Dusted"  a final wrap of our recent Safari 5 to the Murchison.

"Some say" ..it was the best Safari...maybe because it is most recent in their memory...anyhow it was a "good one" as far as I am concerned.

News
I have access to the ..back room ..of our web site and can see that we are getting about 40 hits per month, many of these are of course ourselves but others are from afar, most recently an ex Walliston Wanderer from 1975 now living in Macow..China. I even finished up at our web site when I googled Dean Hawes and Melangata Station, when looking for information about the Chapel in the Homestead.

Secret meetings of two have recently been held overseas. We found this necessary as someone has been spying with listening devices, but we are sure that they have no information about forthcoming Safaris from these overseas meetings, apart from that, that is already written. Details of these meetings will be made public in the new year.


The festive season and summer holidays are nearly upon us, please enjoy.

CHEERS

Bruce...of the Murchison.

"" it's great to be ...in the great outdoors""


       

 

 

 

 

WALLISTON  Safari  5  September  2009

 

 

NEWSLETTER  4

 

 

“it’s great to be…in the great outdoors”

 

 

DONE & DUSTED

 

 

 

Hi Folks, it’s me again

The Murchison, what a great place, big, beautiful, never ending vistas and history.

Twenty-one people, two thousand two hundred and forty five kilometers, eight vehicles and eight days.

Sun and rain, water and dust, broken wheels and staked tyres.

  

ON THE ROAD

Day one - Saturday  September 12.

Transport day - getting out there.

 

We got off to a great start with all vehicles together by Midland and headed north. Bindoon – morning tea Good luck – Bad luck, the Dartnall 4 had the good luck not to loose a wheel off their new you-beaut trailer, the bad luck was that they had lost all the wheel nuts, wrecked the studs on the hub and the rim. With resourcefulness and ingenuity they managed a repair, and found us at our campsite by dinner time.  

Our campsite was not far off the highway and it felt like the passing road- trains were coming through our tents. This campsite was not where we wanted to camp, but fortunately was easy for the Dartnall 4 to find us.  Distance 510kms.

 

 

Day two – Sunday

 

Another good start, we headed onto the gravel which when rough was really rough. Wogarno turn off – morning tea – oops - the caravan has broken a brake assembly, ably disconnected by Dennis and all is good. Mt Magnet, Cue, Glen Station and many places along the way, led us to another new to Walliston Safari campers, campsite at Claypan Lake. We navigated the water at low tide in time to set up camp and watch the sunset through the trees. Distance 245kms.

 

 

Day three – Monday

 

A slow start to the day, we went around the lake and managed at high tide to scramble onto high ground without too much drama. Our travels today took us through Kalli Station, Boolardy Station, Wooleen Station, where we were invited for tea & coffee at the homestead, then onto Murchison Settlement and to our planned campsite by the Murchison River on Billabalong Station. Staked tyre – Bruce. Distance 280kms. 

 

 

Day four – Tuesday

 

Many signed points of interest along the track today, “Well 9” on the Carnarvon Road, “old fence”, “corner inn”. Stations we passed through, Twin Peaks, Murgoo, Wittenoom and onto Meka where we met up with Billy Dalgleish and Colin Jobling, talked to the station owners and got directions to our campsite at a water hole. Staked tyre – Bruce, Distance 210kms.

 

 

Day five – Wednesday

 

A little rain overnight but fine by morning. We travelled through Jingemarra Station and past it’s big homestead and onto Melangata Station and the heritage listed Dean Hawes designed homestead and Chapel, also painted pressed steel ceilings. We then moved on south to Dalgaranga Station to see the broken dam and then to the Meteorite crater, Mt Farmer Station and onto Boogardie Station with all it’s places of interest, old and new shearing sheds, workshops, vehicles, homestead, bottle collection, bower bird’s bower, Coventry motors and to our grassed campsite at Warroan Hill.

Drinks and nibbles on the rock, while watching the setting sun.         Distance 185kms.

 

 

Day six – Thursday

 

A casual start from a great campsite saw us travel to the orbicular granite mine and on down to Munbinia Station and a roofed dam with stand up rock contour channels stretching kilometers around the adjacent rock, connected to the dam by a 4 metre wide 180 – 200metre long cement lined viaduct. We then found our way by new fence lines to Murrum Station, lunch and a chat with Henry & Josie Jones. A quick look at an old wooden rail bridge on the way to Yalgoo and Jokers Tunnel campsite. Distance 170kms.

 

 

Day seven – Friday

 

Back to Yalgoo to see the museum and another Dean Hawes Chapel. Golden Grove, Fields Find, wild flowers and everlastings all the way to Paynes Find. A quick stop here and we moved quickly south to our last night campsite on Remlap Station – a lovely spot called North Dam. Distance 285kms

 

 

Day eight – Saturday September 19.

Transport day - getting home.

 

Our final morning meeting, then hit the bitumen for the slow drag home – the towns they go past – fuel stops, lunch, came via Mundaring Weir and a quick stop along the track to say our final goodbyes. Distance 360kms.

 

 

 RFDS

 

Our auction raised $1,236.95 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Many thanks to our stand-in auctioneer Colin Jobling and his capable assistant Julie Woodhams. Also a special thanks to Carl’s mum for the proceeds of sales of hand made items sold through Carldenn Homestead Winery. This is a big total folks, so many thanks to all.

THE TRIP

An easy start to a great safari. Day one was a casual drive after Bindoon, and the trailer mishap we were always looking and listening to see if the Dartnall 4 were catching us up.

From day two our days were funfilled and full with new places to see, new people to talk to and new places to camp.

 

Campsites

Of the seven campsites only one – Warroan – had Walliston Safari camped at before, some others were Walliston Wanderer campsites that many of us had visited many times before. It was great to camp in new places, explore the local area and watch the sunset and for some the sunrise over a new horizon.

 

People

We spoke to many people along the way, mostly station owners or their managers and families. The friendliness of these people always amazes me, they will stop what they are doing and havachat. Maybe it is not every day of the year that eight vehicles and twenty one people drop by to say hello or g’day mate.

 

Sights

Every day there would be new and beautiful sights, great views when you reach the top of a crest or the edge of a breakaway, down in a valley the wildflowers and everlastings were something to behold. Something we’ll remember I know.

 

 

WALLY WINDUP

We had a great windup at Carl and Dennis’s on the 31^st October. A great turn out by Wally Wanderers, Wally Safariers and Wanta be Wallies.

As usual plenty to eat, plenty to drink and plenty of smoke in your eyes.

 

 

Cheers for now,

 

B…otm.

 

14 November 2009

 

Bruce Cameron

H: 9291 7966. M: 0408 924 868

 

WALLISTON  Safari  5.. September 2009

 

“it’s great to be…in the great outdoors”

 

 

 

 

*****     *****     *****     *****     *****

 

 

 

 

 

DON’T  FORGET

 

 

                  WALLISTON  Safari  6.  May, June,

                                     July,  2010

 

The  BIG  Safari

WHERE – WALLISTON to KUNUNURRA (via the COAST and GIBB RIVER ROAD returning via HALLS CREEK – MARBLE BAR – KARIJINI and the inland road)

 

WHEN – 29 MAY 2010 for 6 weeks

 

“” life is good “”

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