Cunderdin was our first stop today where we found a great museum in an old water pumping building and also another "Ettamogah Pub".
From Cunderdin we moved to Meckering, the scene of a devastating earthquake in 1968 when the whole town was destroyed without the loss of any lives. |
| Homestead ruins at Meckering, WA |
We had a good look around the town area of Meckering and drove out of town a couple of kilometres to see the ruins of an old farm homestead where a baby was asleep in her cot in the middle of the home but survived the earthquake.
There are only a few sites left untouched in the area that show the impact of the quake as most of the rubble was removed for safety reasons.
We then went on to Northam where we had trouble getting into the caravan park and there was no where else to camp. We won't be recommending this park to any other larger rigs.
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| Northam, WA |
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| Toodyay, WA |
Thursday, 7-7-2011
This morning, after a lot of maneuvering, we left Northam Caravan Park and wandered on to York, the oldest inland town in Western Australia. We had a visit to the info centre and a look around the main street and received some advice that the caravan park was expensive and that we would be able to camp at Gwambygine Rest Area, about 11kms from town. This proved to be a great spot on the banks of the Avon River so we stayed two nights.
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| Avon River, Gwanbygine Rest Area, WA |
Saturday, 9-7-2011
We packed up camp and moved back into York caravan park for one night. We had a good look around the town and visited the Car Museum and the markets. Most of the shops and attractions are open on weekends to cater to the day trippers from Perth.
Sunday, 10-7-2011
The York Motor Show was held in Avon Park and the range of motor vehicles was amazing. From the very old, not so old and the new, to rare and even some motor bikes. Took lots of photos of the cars and then the magnificent old town hall and then travelled to Beverley.
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| Town Hall, York, WA |
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| York, WA |
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