Friday we drove a very short distance to Sandstone. It's a former mining town with a population of about 70. It has a mixed business, shire office, tourist info centre and a caravan park and that's basically it. Once upon a time, 3000 people lived there and it was a bustling town with lots of shops lining the streets-not any more, but it's clean and we enjoyed our stay there.
Tourist Info Sandstone
The information centre had a really good display of well mounted black and white phots of old time Sandstone. It's amazing to think the town was ever so large. A video by 60 Minutes done in 1993 was a fun look at the town too. After all that excitement, we went for a drive out to an old brewery in a cave, London Bridge, the deserted state battery, and Deception Well (the original site of the town's water supply).
London Bridge
Old Cottages at the Deserted State Battery
At 5 pm, we had drinks with a nice couple from Melbourne who have sold everything and left home 17 days ago to see Australia. She's not fond of the outback and loves the Sunshine Coast Hmmm, I think she's in for a bit of a shock in WA!
Today we drove to Leinster, had lunch then drove on to Leonora where we'll stay 2 nights. It's a friendly little park and I was suprised to meet Trish, formerly from Camperdown and sister-in-law to Stuart and Denise who had the Kilarney Hotel and now run it as a motel. Russ and I know them and their family well.
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