Mt Magnet is inland from Geraldton, almost due East, so we have got away from the coastal showers. About 130 km from Geraldton the landscape changed abruptly from neat fields and sheep paddocks to unfenced scrub. We suspect that a New Zealand tourist has tampered slightly with the accompanying warning sign! Mt Magnet is a gold mining town, although it appears that most of the mines are now shut. Maybe with the recent increases in the price of gold someone might think about reopening them. There isn't a great deal to offer a tourist here, although there is a palpable sense of civic pride and they have done their best to provide some attraction, with a moderately interesting local scenic drive and history walk around town. Despite us having come quite a long way inland, and the land being very dry, there is still a display of wildflowers in the surrounding region.
Yesterday was exactly 6 months since we started this trip, so we walked to one of the pubs in town and celebrated with a slap-up meal Mt Magnet style. We're still having a great time with this caravanning lark, so 6 months down and at least another 12 to go!
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