***no diary entry today*** Continue reading 12/09/88

***no diary entry today*** Continue reading 11/09/88

FINE. We got up a bit later this morning and mucked around the house. Alex came home at about 12 … Continue reading 10/09/88

“The curse of the traveller got a hold on me…”                     … Continue reading The Story Begins

FINE AND WARM.  Everyone slept in this morning except Peter who had to get up and go to work at … Continue reading 7/09/88

Got up at 5:15am, showered and finished packing then rang a cab. The driver was Chinese and took us down … Continue reading 06/09/88

FINE. Went into town and wandered around looking at shops. Bought ourselves a few clothes. Booked tickets on Kirklands bus … Continue reading 05/09/88

A lovely fine day greeted us today and we left the hotel at about 9:45 after haggling over the phone … Continue reading 04/09/88

At Menzies, a dead-on-its-feet mining town a hundred kilometres north of Kalgoorlie, I turn off the bitumen highway onto a … Continue reading IRON AND GOLD