Month: January 2024

January 8-9, 2024 Leaving Gonngarrie Homestead, and travelling back to the Highway we happened upon a passing mineral train heading North to reload no doubt.From there it’s only a few…

January 6-7, 2024 A 14km detour from the Golden Quest Discovery Trail takes us to Goongarrie Homestead, for many years a working station and purchased by National Parks in 1995…

January 6, 2024 Site Number 5 on the Golden Quest Discovery Trail. From the Menzies Shire:“Gold was found in Goongarrie in May 1893 by Billy Frost and Jack Bennett. The…

January 6, 2024 The next stop after Ora Banda is Siberia, Site Number 4, of which nothing remains but the cemetery and provides a brief stop in passing. The few…

January 5, 2024 Site Number 4 on the Golden Quest Discovery Trail, Ora Banda was once a town of 2000 people, at the 2021 census it was 12. The historic…