More photos of Gwalia

Leonora Gwalia

Gwalia is essentially a ghost town, having been largely deserted since the main source of employment, the Sons of Gwalia gold mine, closed in 1963 Gwalia is a former gold-mining town and is a unique heritage destination managed by the Shire of Leonora. You can spend a day wandering around the old town site getting a 'feel' of what life was like so many years ago, you can even go into the cottages.

Leonora

The Shire of Leonora is about 240 kilometres north of the city of Kalgoorlie and about 830 kilometres northeast of Perth. It was originally part of the North Coolgardie Road District when that entity was gazetted in 1898. Then the town was gazetted as a municipality with its own mayor in 1900.
Leonora became the largest centre on the North Eastern Goldfields and by 1908 boasted 7 hotels, general stores, chemists, tailors and bakeries. Mining has continued uptil the present day with gold, and now nickel, being produced in large quantities.

Leinster

Leinster is a town in the northern goldfields area of Western Australia. The town is located 4 km east of the Goldfields Highway, in the Shire of Leonora 
The town was established in 1976 by the Agnew Gold Mining Company as a dormitory town for workers at its nickel mine and was named for the nearby Leinster Downs station. 
The Leinster Nickel Operation is now part of the BHP Billiton Nickel West business group. Apart from the Nickel operations, gold was also mined 41 km south east of Leinster, at the Thunderbox Gold Mine, from 2002 to 2007.
Ref http://en.wikipedia.org

We had to visit this area because our son-in-law Simon works in one of the mines.. we simply HAD to ring him and let him know the inlaws from hell had arrived roflolololol
I've got a photo of a 'marked' road where aircraft land, because the outback can be so isolated there are several places along the roads where you'll see wind socks and markings for aircraft to land.

Sandstone Peter Denny Lookout

Peter Denny Lookout is located 36 kilometres west of Sandstone (on the Sandstone-Leinster Road) When people turn in from what appears to be flat country they will see some stunning breakaway country is absolutely stunning. It's well ans truly a spot to stop at to simply take it all in. I caught the sunrise and my photo's do not do it justice, it was breathtaking. Oh, I caught a few clouds along the way hehehehe.....

Sandstone London Bridge

London Bridge is natural basalt weathered over the last 350 million or so years. They used to be able to ride a horse drawn buggy over the bridge but it has since deteriorated and now its deemed unsafe to even walk across.

Sandstone The Brewery

The Brewery was established in 1907 by Irish-man J V Kearney it catered for the drinking needs of the local people for many years. Water was pumped to the equipment on the upper level for brewing then stored in the cellar below which were carved in solid rock to keep the beer cool.