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Cunderdin - Home of the Famous Ettamogah Pub.
The Ettamogah Pub was born from cartoonist Ken Maynard who drew the cartoons in the newspaper from 1959. As a boy Ken used to ride around a waterhole. The Aboriginal meaning of Ettamogah is place of good drink.
Anyway, this little pub was a hit with us. The food was fantistic and atmosphere comfy. We got to enjoy looking at the various cartoons on the walls too.
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The Caravan Park is well designed and nice and flat which makes it easy to set up.
We were the only people in vans here for the duration of our stay.
Great facilities including Camp Kitchen with everything you need and a great little fire pit that was closed off to the wind. They also supplied fire wood free as well which was a bonus. We were told that we could get more free fire wood from the sawmill just down the road and around the corner opposite the blue tree. So there is a tip for you if you are staying at Cunderdin.
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The Cunderdin Lookout has a fabulous view overlooking the wheat and canola fields.
Unfortunately due to too much tree logging to make way for these farms, there is a distinct low lying strip through the centre that they cannot grow anything on due to the salt that has risen up. This is fast becoming a major problem in the south of Western Australia.
To counter this problem farmers are now planting saltbush in an effort to restore the water table to it's original state. The good thing is that sheep can graze on it too so all is not lost. Maybe in the future saltbush could be a crop of value. We hope so.
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NO. 3 PUMP STATION MUSEUM
This was an interesting Museum. We learn't all about how the first settlers pumped water all the way from Mundaring to the gold fields. The old pipe was made from wood and commenced building in 1896. Now golden pipeline the longest fresh water pipeline in the world.
Cunderdin had No. 3 pump station. The building and chimney are now a museum and the old water tank still stands.
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Cunderdin also as it's own claim to fame.
A racing horse called Dainty's Daughter. Just a farm horse that obviously loved to gallop and much loved by the public.
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This museum also had a really cool earthquake simulation house.
Check out my funny video below.
A place called Meckering just up the road recorded the biggest earthquake in WA history.
More about that later. We sat in the little house and felt what it would be like to experience a 6.9 earthquake. Luckily there were no deaths, however around 50 houses were completely flattened and the pipeline and railway line were both severely damaged.
The TV also had a little movie of what happened and interviews with those that went through it and how people from everywhere came to assist. It was very heartwarming to know that in times of need everyone banded together to help out.
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The pipeline meanders through the countryside, often beside the highway and then crossing underneath the highway and through farming fields.
It was interesting to see it in the middle of the golf course in Cunderdin lol.
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MECKERING
We took a day drive to Meckering and beyond to check out the earthquake ruins.
Meckering has a lovely memorial rose garden to commemorate those that were affected by the earthquake.
You can stay overnight free in the RV area and toilet facilities are provided.
The pipeline runs past this as well.
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We also found the Big SLR in town.
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Just out of town is an old homestead that was demolished that you can visit.
Luckily a baby was rescued from it's cot and thank goodness the wall beside the cot fell outwards.
You can see where the cot was in the picture below.
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We drove on to Goomaling along a very good road and through the rolling hills of green crops.
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GOOMALING
Don't bother with Goomaling. There is nothing there and the Pub looked like it hadn't opened in years.
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DOWERIN
What a cute little town and well worth a visit.
The main street is nice a wide and gardens are well kept.
Dowerin is the home of the Tin Dog. We saw Rusty and Rosey and the shops and pub all had little Tin Dog signs on them.
The Dowerin Tin Dog theme was born from a high school idea to bring tourists to this little town.
The idea came from the early settlers that took tins of beef with them on their long trip from Goomaling to the gold fields. Along the way they used to leave their tins called tinned dog at the many water soaks along the 13-mile soak.
Thus the Tin Dog Creek got it's unique name - S Gervas 1997.
The pub in town was just opening so we ventured in for an ale.
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| Day Road Trip |
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Tookie says, Time to hit the Road.
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