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Thanks, yes Kerri, added it to my collection. xx

Gee that’s tragic.

Haha, they made sure they drank it all after a hard days work.

Righto, thanks for the advice Tim, glad you’re enjoying my travels, going to head east again maybe next year, would like to get up to the cape in Queensland.

Yeah, it’s a mouthful, no worries.

Wow, I’ve never noticed that over here.

I think John De Kuyper & son only made gin, though the Schnapps is a similar bottle in a lighter green, I think I’ve had mustard out of bottles like that, you could be right.

Crikey, I’ll have to retrace my steps, can’t let one of them get away. As I understand it , once a spirit bottle is opened, the cap magically vanishes…unbelievable.

@MarkOfftheozytar heehee

Haha, yeah, good for getting rid of those pesky flies for a while.

I must admit I’ve made up some colourful names for them.

Wear a net over the head, common wear in fly season.

No worries Stuart, glad you enjoyed it. Love to get back to Tassie one day, a lot to see.

G’day John, I have a Hema Map App on my phone, which has the names of the old towns on it roughly where they were, I do lots of walking to find some relics where I presume the town actually was, something always seems to pop up. When driving through the bush I’m usually on the lookout for sawn off tree stumps which could indicate an old woodcutter woodline. It’s nothing for me to be walking around in the bush from dawn to dusk, also see some great country this way, also wildlife. I guess you could say, my research is walking around till I find something, I reckon I’m pretty lucky to be able to do that and share it. The Hema App lets me record my travels, also mark points of interest for later follow-up and it runs by satellite if your device is not Wifi only, so it runs even without phone reception.

@ fantastic Mark thanks for the info

No worries John.

Yes I reckon you’re right, maths wasn’t my favourite subject.

@ all good, love watching people come across old coins, always exciting to flip and see the dates. A 1930 would be nice. 👍

⁠Yes, 1930 would be a surprise for sure, wonder where the few they made are hiding.

Thanks, yes intriguing.

Maybe because it’s usually very dry out here and perhaps they never went underground.

Righto, they’re a good size for carrying around in your pocket.

Crikey, that would be unsettling. I usually hear them but never see them.

Yes, would be great to step back in time for a spell.

@@MarkOfftheozytar Yes but not for long. Life was a bit on the rough side back then/

Yes, must be plenty of unmarked graves out there.

Nah, I couldn’t leave it by itself.

Ahhh, thanks for the info.😮

Yes Luke, was a good surprise, never ceases to amaze me what turns up in my line of sight, glad you’re enjoying the tour.

Opals and sapphires too.

A lot of BS goes on in some of the videos, Ive spent months metal detecting with mates and found lots of bullets, shotgun pellets and tins that the old timers buried and bugger all gold, problem is its not much good metal detecting in areas where there might be gold dust, mining companies are looking for dirt thats at least 8 grams of gold per ton of dirt.

Yes there seems to be a lot more lead out there than gold.

@@MarkOfftheozytar I should have kept all of the lead I found, could have had a life time amount of fishing sinkers now, the old timers were messy and the amount of tins you dig up, found my share of horse shoes too, never forget a mate spending around 4 hours digging around tree roots to get to whatever it was that his metal detector picked up, it was a Bully Beef tin that was probably buried 100 years earlier, my mate almost packed up and went home.

@MarkOfftheozytar and sapphires and lots of other gem stones. Opal included. Maybe it's lazy arsed folk who won't get their arses off their sofas and go hunting.

Righto, thanks John, don’t often see snakes wandering around the bush, luckily.

Wow, that would be have been an amazing experience for sure.

Yes, sure is a beaut area.

Could have been John, but it was an active lease, didn’t spot any. Reckon there’s gold all over the place just waiting to be found, not by me though haha.

Righto, someone has done a lot of work around there in the past, maybe they found something.

@@MarkOfftheozytar yes it looked like the right stuff. Metal detectors would soon tell you if any gold is about.

Righto, have noticed a lot of diggings around areas like this.

Crikey, that’s a thought, good thing I haven’t opened it. Thanks John.

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Yes the camels don’t like to get out of the way.

It’s a shame some slower drivers aren’t more courteous, and pull over to allow others to pass.

Thanks, I hope you do one day, beautiful country.

Haha, I wish. Not sure, hopefully a native fish.

Yeah, plenty of both. A lot of the wheatbelt had good rains though there is always some that miss out.

Thanks John, I’m on the move again.

Very historical place Derby, very interesting looking around.

Yeah righto, we had one on the farm I was brought up on, I guess the railways always had covered dams. Thanks Andrew.

No worries David, I’m using my phone, iPhone 15pro max, does a pretty good job, I have other cameras, but it’s a pretty good all rounder.

Wow, swimming with Cuttlefish would have been an experience, yes I’ll go back and spend some time there in the future.

South Australia is certainly tidy, had a yarn with a couple of lady’s at the museum in Iron Knob, very hospitable.

Meet the real locals there.... Meth heads and fuddy duddys

Yeah, glad we called in for a look, been past there many times, never realised the history of the place. Very interesting, the locals have done a good job to help the town survive.

It all looks very average at 120kph but if you get out and sniff it its quite interesting. Rocks and plants and animals and so on. Everything dropped on the ground stays there for a very long time.

Yes I imagine it does, at 120kph my eyes would be glued to the road, there definitely is a lot to see out there especially where others are bored.

145 if you want to get to point B without feeling fatigued. Cop cars simply wave as you fly past at that speed, they don't care.

​​⁠I believe NT had open road with no limits till the Cannon Ball Run caused some concern, 120 now I think.

Yeah, thanks John, heading out to the goldfields in a couple of weeks, see what’s laying around.

@@MarkOfftheozytar thanks Mark, I’m going to do some detecting in Central Queensland around home in Rockhampton, but it’s getting pretty hot.

Good luck John, I don’t mind the heat, means there’s probably no one else around, as long as I’m well equipped. Evenings are beaut.

No worries, thanks.

Yes, I reckon those stone buildings could tell a tale or two. Suppose the Barrosa is good if you like grapes, they’ve been growing them there a long time, pretty countryside.

Thanks John, Yes, a lot of the Cockys have put the stock on the crops to get some use of it. Tragic, but that’s farming I guess, they were getting plenty of rain just before Chrissy last year, not much good then.

Yes, what a shame, there is one in Pinjarra WA, which offers rides up to the old milling town of Dwellingup during winter, also a dinner trip through some of the Jarrah forest at night.

No worries Igmu, thanks.

Yes, maybe more trees or grasses to hold the soil.

Thanks, appreciate the comment, glad that be able to share the scenery.