Brisey
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Last weekend my 4x4 club did the historic Holland Track. The track was cut out of the bush by John Holland and his team from Broomhill in the south west to Coolgardie in 1893 as a direct route to the goldfields. The track is well documented in books and on the internet if anyone is interested in the full history. Now the track from Broomhill to Hyden is mostly on private land so the common starting point is about 40km southeast of Hyden.
We arrived in Hyden on the Friday afternoon and had dinner at the Terra Vista restaraunt which is run by my my sister-in-laws family on their farm 17 km north of Hyden and camped on the farm. Saturday morning we had a look at a couple of the local attractions Wave Rock & Hippos Yawn
There is a lot more to see in the area such as Mulca's cave & the Gnamma holes but we were on a schedule. The track is about 360 km & runs through flat plains that seem to stretch forever
with areas that are quite heavily wooded
Our first camp was at Mount Holland where we walked to the top for a good look around the area.
Part of the track follows the vermin proof fence which is the longest fence in the southern hemisphere.
This is the plaque that was erected at the centenery of the track & is located at about the center of the track, there is also a book to entre you names.
It can get very wet out there through the winter & the best time to do the track is in late September to mid December as there is not much water & not too hot, it can get up to 45 degrees in summer. Winter is not recomended as most of the track is impassable, I think it was last year a family got stuck out there for 7 - 8 days.
We found some Gnamma holes (aboriginal for rock hole) in this photo Mark has a 1 metre long stick in his hand& is just touching the bottom of the hole.
This is the sunset from our 2nd camp at Victoria rocks. Monday morning a few of us left fro the 100km trip to Coolgardie then the 600 odd km trip back to Perth.
Cheers
Bri
We arrived in Hyden on the Friday afternoon and had dinner at the Terra Vista restaraunt which is run by my my sister-in-laws family on their farm 17 km north of Hyden and camped on the farm. Saturday morning we had a look at a couple of the local attractions Wave Rock & Hippos Yawn
There is a lot more to see in the area such as Mulca's cave & the Gnamma holes but we were on a schedule. The track is about 360 km & runs through flat plains that seem to stretch forever
with areas that are quite heavily wooded
Our first camp was at Mount Holland where we walked to the top for a good look around the area.
Part of the track follows the vermin proof fence which is the longest fence in the southern hemisphere.
This is the plaque that was erected at the centenery of the track & is located at about the center of the track, there is also a book to entre you names.
It can get very wet out there through the winter & the best time to do the track is in late September to mid December as there is not much water & not too hot, it can get up to 45 degrees in summer. Winter is not recomended as most of the track is impassable, I think it was last year a family got stuck out there for 7 - 8 days.
We found some Gnamma holes (aboriginal for rock hole) in this photo Mark has a 1 metre long stick in his hand& is just touching the bottom of the hole.
This is the sunset from our 2nd camp at Victoria rocks. Monday morning a few of us left fro the 100km trip to Coolgardie then the 600 odd km trip back to Perth.
Cheers
Bri
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