28/03/12
Meznies is 130km north
of Kalgoorlie.
Gold was discovered in
1894 by L.R. Menwies. The railway line to Kalgoorlie was opened in 1898. At
this time the town boasted 13 hotels, 3 banks, 3 breweries; cordial factories;
a school; a library and 4 churches. By 1910 the population had dwindled from
approximately 5000 to below 1000. Today, Menzies is home to around 70 people…
We only stopped to get
petrol in the town. The petrol station (also abandoned) was really cool! Number
plates all over it!
We then drove down
50km of gravel roads (in a really good condition thank god!) to get to Lake
Ballard.
It is on this enormous
salt lake that you find 51 bronze statues made by the british artist Antony
Gormley.
When we arrived around
midday, it was really too hot to go for a walk around the lake. We decided to
wait for the sun to cool down a bit!
While waiting we met a
big lizard!
It was also here that
we met the Australian flies. The ones that just won’t leave you alone. I wa
doing the aussie wave all afternoon!
Walking on that lake
was hell! It looks solid but it isn’t! It’s mushy sticky red clay! It is realy
slippery! Even in my walking boots I nearly slipped onto my ackside a couple of
times and kept skidding everywhere! Orianne had to take her flip flops off and
walk barefoot!
We took loads of
photos of the statues.
I was feeling energetic and decided to climb to the top
of the little mountain!
At sunset we decided
to have a fire. Going into the bush to find wood was not a good idea! We got
attacked my mosquitos!
That evening we went
back to the lake to play around with fire!
I spent most of the
evening stargazing. The stars are amazing. So many of them and so bright. You
can see the southern cross over here in Australia. Another weird thing is that
all the constellations are upside down! Orion is doing a handstand over here!
Le Carnet de Voyage
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