So the Aussie component of the trip is coming to a close. We are 4000+ kms away from 'home' in Melbourne and still have a 4 week journey in the US, but we have a lot of driving in front of us, not much else on the agenda to stop and see, but just quick over night stays to get us off the road before dusk to avoid the dangers of animals on the road.
We stopped for a night in Wiluna. This is a town that had a mining boom where the town grew to over 7000 and since, the ore dried up. The town is now only populated by about 800 people.We are in the only accommodation which is a caravan park that offered powered tent sites at the astonishingly low rate of $16.00 per night. We have been listening, since just before sunset, to the local aboriginal people sing one of four songs along to a boom box as they call out loudly to each other under a street light 100 meters from our camp site. Their song of choice seems to be "We Are the World" the Micheal Jackson song sung by a dozen or more artists in 1985 to raise funds for Africa. Dogs are barking throughout the town as young children wander the streets whacking cans with sticks while the adults chatter back and forth among wandering groups. As I've been working on several entries to the blog tonight, they have moved from the street lamp to the west to the desolate street to the east. Even my ear plugs are doing little to block the sounds so that I may concentrate on the drafts. I wonder how much good they will do me when I lay down to try and sleep?
We are off to Kalgoorlie tomorrow, but first a visit to Matt's old mining stomping grounds in Leinster. Then further south where we will stay a few nights in Kalgoorlie/Boulder visiting the "Golden Mile" where the worlds richest known gold deposit is located.
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