We have a friend, Peter, who goes prospecting in the middle of no-where, we went to stay with him to find out what all this was about. After driving for hundreds of kilometres down tracks and passing mounds of earth where others have dug, loads of 'holes' in the ground and even mining equipment just sitting there waiting for to dig more gold from the ground, as well as the occasional truck travelling from one large mine to another, over dried up lakes and some with water in them, we finally caught up with Peter.
I can see why they call this area beautiful, all the rocks on the ground just sparkled in the sunlight, the earth so many colours of red with the subtle greens of the vegetation made for a real pretty picture that it was hard to believe it gets so dry out there. They say that the wildlife is abundant but I did not see very much of it during our stay just a few birds and a rather large grey one that crossed our path when we were driving the 4wd looking at the old mines. It's a shame I did not get a photo of that one because it was large, I think it was a bustard one of our largest birds, it really surprised both myself and Peter as we watched it disappear into the scrub.
We wandered around looking at the old mines, finding some shiny rocks to take home to the kids but we did not find gold so Peter brought out some of his find and I took photos of that.
There be a lot of gold there!
Walking the scrub seems easy except for the part where these plants are made for dry conditions and can have sharp edges, real prickly, so you need to protect your legs, arms etc.. or like me, just avoid brushing up against them.
Also you must be careful where you step, this small hole may seem safe but it leads down into a deep pit. Old mines litter the landscape some are easy to spot and others not so much.
This one goes down then underneath not that we would go into any of them.... they did not look too stable.
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