Brookton Highway looking east through a curving and undulating section of the route, at Sloan Road, 4km east of Kondinin. Photo taken: November 2010. Only a few kilometres after leaving The Breakaways Mike came on the radio calling for the convoy to stop as the Vitara was overheating. AD sign eastbound on Brookton Highway approaching the junction with Wickepin-Corrigin Road. A bit corrugated but not too bad. Thanks guys. RD sign southbound on Brookton Highway at Bulyee. Note the incorrect omission of a SR40 shield. Suits cans or water bottles. Our covers are of a premium quality printed using 3 year UV rated inks and vinyls for excellent durability and long life. ExplorOz Tracker is an online tracking service exclusive to ExplorOz Members (see Membership Subscription). Mapping and navigation software available for Android, Apple and Windows. May 2019. Brookton Highway looking west towards Kangaroo Gully as you pass through the forests, 16km east of Kelmscott. Brookton Highway looking east near Mills Road, 27km east of Brookton. This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Officers on the Lake King-Norseman Road. . LAKE SHARPE TRACK Lake Hope Track After 20 kilometres of westward travel we turned north onto the Lake Hope Track and a short time later stopped for lunch under a solitary stand of trees. RD sign eastbound on Brookton Highway at the junction with Wickepin-Corrigin Road, 12km west of Corrigin. Meanwhile, the other eight vehicles of the eastward drive were away by 6.30 a.m. The on time departure from Kelmscott was a good start, andeachmorning was early start but, try as we might to maintain the schedule, we still had to delete the last day and half of the planned trip. . Photo credit, Mundrabilla Roadhouse, a typical Nullarbor roadhouse. Brookton Highway looking north, 35km south of Varley. Well, I wish I had gone the long way as negotiating the 3.4 tonne patrol through the lake which was a bit wetter than originally anticipated, I found the left hand side of the car sinking. As the shortest route between Perth and Esperance, State Route 40 is a popular tourist route, also serving the tourist attraction of Wave Rock. We talked about the future with so much happiness and excitement and I will hold onto that feeling forever. Service signage eastbound on Brookton Highway, east of the Wave Rock turnoff, showing that fuel is no longer available in Varley. New RD sign eastbound on Brookton Highway as you leave Kondinin. It is understood the driver, Kadin Wallace, took his own life before help arrived. This short section of Westdale Road was formerly part of the Brookton Highway prior to the present alignment being constructed to ease the curve and provide a safer junction. As you travel east along the fascinating Lake King Causeway, you cross 10km of salt lakes studded with natural scrub and wildflowers. The road was built jointly by Main Roads, the Esperance Shire and private contractors Todd Ballantyre Earthmoving, Esperance Earthmoving, TW and PM Henderson, AD Contractors, GE Millar Grading and Freind and McGrath. The first European to cross the Plain was English explorer Edward John Eyre in June 1841. The typical view is that of a straight highway and practically unchanging flat saltbush-covered terrain, although some parts are located on ridges. The Minister said the alignment through the national park was changed and shortened to 1.8 kilometres to minimise the impact on the natural environment. Identification of plants, shrubs and trees from photographs only is very difficult and subject to misidentification. As I pulled up in some shade on the other side of the highway Scotty, who was behind me, radioed that I had a flat. Best Perth pubs for pre-footy beers or a cheeky cocktail, West Australian Newspapers Limited 2023, Three dead in horror car rollover in WAs Wheatbelt, Mullaloo motorcyclist killed in South West crash near Albany. Gen time: 0.5379s | RAM: 8.42kb. Aside from the two highways, the Hyden-Norseman Road between Marvel Loch-Forrestania Road at Norseman is also closed. Other places of interest along the way include Newman and Afghan Rocks near Balladonia, the Eyre Bird Observatory, the famous Cocklebiddy Cave, the view from Madora Pass, whale watching at the head of the bight, several sink holes and blowhole, to mention just a few. Contact the local Goverment Authority IE Shire Council or MRD. It produced about 8,500 ounces, worth some $13,000,000 in todays dollars. Ten kilometres out I raised Scotty on the UHF. The name of the town is aboriginal in origin, meaning the beak of an emu. Kadin you were my best and closest mate from the beginning and nothing can be more harder for me to say goodbye. Share your story, anyone can enter. Note the edge reseal - this pavement is narrower than many other sections of the highway. With no hills or lakes to obstruct, the highway was laid down as a straight road that runs for 1,675 km from Port Augusta in the east to Norseman in the west, and includes what is said to be the longest straight stretch of road in the world Australia: 145.6 kilometres, between the small roadhouse communities of Balladonia and Caiguna (the longest straight road in the world is Highway 10 in Saudi Arabia, which is 162 miles long). After two and a half kilometres we made a left turn onto Victoria Rock Road. Very interesting rock formations and certainly worth stopping for a look and a walk around the camp site. The top of the Scarp is reached shortly before the locality of Karragullen, where State Route 41 (Canning Road) junctions from the north. A T & R J Sugg & Sons Pty Ltd, Farmers & Agriculturalists, listed under "Farmers & Agriculturalists" category, is located at Lake King-norseman Rd Lake King WA, 6356, Australia and can be reached by 0898744022 phone number. Question from Ron - Lake King - Cascade Rd - Esperance WA road conditions, Major part of the heart and soul of AULRO.com, Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA, Communications, Car Audio, and Electronics, The Series I Australian Historic Picture Project, The Series I Historic Picture Project - International Info, The Series II Australian Historic Picture Project, The Series II Historic Picture Project - International Info, The Greasy Green Thumb Gardening Fraternity, North East Victorian Land Rover Community, Im a rail fan but this is WAY over the top. The large mound of earth to the left marks the path of the original road, which took an unnecessary bulge to the east in its route. Feel free to use any part of this document but please do the right thing and give attribution. Travelled Lake King to Norseman 10 days ago lots of place under water like 1/2 km at 500mm deep and lots of deep wash always has been like this since Jan. Two blokes from Northam hade to be resued by Ses 2 days aftre we went throught Lake King to Peak Charles 160kms travel time was 4hr in 4x4 Got lots of good photos. The Balladonia telegraph track wound its way up to the top of a hill where there were several open areas that would have made a comfortable camp site but it was still a bit early. Brookton Highway looking east through the junction with Williams Street at Brookton. AD sign eastbound on Brookton Highway approaching the junction with Northam-Cranbrook Road (Great Southern Highway), 2km east of Brookton town centre. State Route 40 trailblazer facing northbound traffic (you can see its southbound mate in the middle distance) approximately 14km south of Varley. East of Brookton, the remainder of the route is sealed two-lane highway of varying widths. I am hoping to avoid this and save some time. Write a review Upload a photo. RD sign eastbound on Brookton Highway near the junction with Corrigin-Kulin Road, 23km east of Corrigin. It tops out at 445m (1,459ft) above the sea level. Brookton Highway looking west near Melba Street at Karlgarin. Typical rural WA signage setup - ID sign facing the terminating leg and only fingerboards facing the through route; at the junction of Brookton Highway & Kulin-Holt Rock Road. Brookton Highway looking west at the small bridge over Nalyaring Gully, 20km east of Brookton. The Norseman Road from Lake King to the east passes through the Frank Hann National Park (61,420 hectares) at the eastern end of the shire boundary. Lifetime MemberMy Profile My Blog Send Message, Lifetime MemberMy Profile My Blog Send MessageModerator. Brookton Highway looking south, 45km south of Lake King. This intersection was reconstructed and realigned as part of the sealing of this section of the road. At their peak, the timber companies employed 1500 men and supplied over 500,000 tonnes of firewood and mining timber each year. The previous timber bridge at this location was destroyed during the February 2011 bushfires and a temporary embankment was constructed in order to re-open the road as soon as possible. Brookton Highway looking northwest towards the junction with Hyden-Norseman Road. Brookton Highway looking south at the junction with Biddy Camm Road, 27km south of Varley. AD signs facing southbound traffic approaching the TOTSO (Turn Off To Stay On) at Graham & Nicholls Street in Kondinin. Our ego was now at rock bottom and after two hours and over 100 meters of snatch strap, we finally got out., It was an interesting sight seeing the three Patrols all bogged in a dry lake with the lighter Suzukis, Rodeo, etc.. looking on its not every day you have a recovery with a truck (Scotty) snatching another truck (TurboJoe), which (with five snatch straps joined together) is it turn snatching a third truck (me, and then afterwards Dusty). Photo credit, Eastern end of the Nullarbor Plain. RD sign northbound on Brookton Highway near the junction with South Coast Highway, 3km west of Ravensthorpe. Poorly-designed RD sign eastbound on Brookton Highway at Westdale. AD sign westbound on Brookton Highway approaching the junction with Corrigin-Quaraiding Road & Rabbit Proof Fence Road. Note the topknot - when the older black direction sign was replaced, they should have incorporated the route marker into the main sign instead of also replacing the topknot. After the wheel change we re-crossed the bitumen to do a few more kilometres of the telegraph track and then diverted into Norseman to refuel. The Cardiff Castle gold mine wasoperated in the late 1890s with limited success, then again from around 1920 to 1950. More than likely the infrastructure was used for telephone lines for many years until abandoned in favour of subterranean cables. Brookton Highway looking southeast at Fulwood Road, 14km east of Brookton. Photo taken: April 2011. A westerly view across the same floodway showing the mostly dry salt lake and the unusual railing to the left of the carriageway, 32km east of Kondinin.
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