October 2017: A Brief Trip into WA's Wheatbelt (Part 2)

After a pleasant night at Gnaala Mia we left driving east on Tomingly Road past the  Lions Dryandra Village . Turning right into Wandering-Narrogin Road we stopped at Cuballing for a morning cuppa in front of the Cuballing Tavern.

Still heading east through Wickepin there was a convoy of vans and camper trailers heading west home from the Kulin Races. Apparently there were upwards of 800 vans etc there for the weekend.

Our destination tonight was Yealering. This is another wheatbelt town that has provided a small caravan park to attract people. We turned north on the Wickepin-Corrigin Rd and parked up on the edge of Lake Yealering.

Surprisingly there weren't too many mosquitoes around. 

We walked up to the pub later that afternoon and had a beer there.

The caravan park is equipped with a Dump Point. An essential item and appreciated.

The next morning we drove up to the General Store and paid for our night in the CP. We headed east purposely taking the unsealed sandy minor roads. They are much more interesting and we see a lot more of the farming properties. We actually ended up coming into Jilakin Rock from the north which is where the Kulin races were held just a few days previously.

We then drove north-east to Karlgarin and stayed at Tressies Caravan Park. What a nice place, and what a fascinating private museum in one of its buildings.

We met up with another Bushtracker couple visiting from Newcastle in NSW.

We had two nights here and visited Hyden & Wave Rock. just a few kilometres down the road.

October 2017: A Brief Trip into WA's Wheatbelt (Part 1)

It was still a little cold but rumour had it that Spring was here and some wildflowers were out, so we decided to dust off the van and look around our own backyard.

We enjoy WA's Wheatbelt and we thought we would visit some more of these small towns that have built community caravan parks to attract people like us. 

However, the first night would be in a campsite called Gnaala Mia. It is in the Dryandra forest just next to Congelin and only a couple of hours away from home.

https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/site/gnaala-mia-campground

We have been to Congelin many times, even before it was turned into a proper campsite by the Dept of Parks & Wildlife. Gnaala Mia is very new and we hadn't been there before.

There are sites for caravans, campers and tents and a very nice camp kitchen as well as drop toilets. Each campsite has its own firepit. Firewood was provided by the Rangers.

No power and no water, but that's OK by us. Our van has all we need.

There were only about 4 other campers there. It was nice and quiet.

In the morning light I took some photos of some of the wildflowers.