Today was again a quiet day around Hawker (we are on holidays) we had a look at the old Hawker Railway Station, this use to be part of the original Ghan rail line.
We then went back out the road to try to find a location called 5 ways, now on the map it showed 5 roads intersecting at a particular point, well guess what on the ground this is not the case and there is about 50 meters difference, a word of advice don’t always trust what it shows on the map! At this location there is an old homestead and all that remains is the chimney (and not much of that left) the graves in the blog yesterday are some of the family members from this homestead. The dry creek runs next to the ruins of the homestead but looking at it I would hate to be caught in the river bed during a flash flood it is about 5 meters to the top of the bank from the river bed, erosion is a bit of a problem around this area by the looks of the creek banks.
Rob was quick with the camera and managed to get this shot of a small dust devil or Willy Willy.
You can just see the Willy will between the trees.
Swan Hill with mountains.
Well tomorrow is the big day we are off to Parachilna me for my Road Kill lunch and Rob for her ham and salad sandwich! (will let you know tomorrow what it was like.............. maybe)
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