Our W.A.trip for 2014.

Hi Mike and Jen, nice gold once again  hope the task master gives you some time off Jen before you have to come home   sorry Mike

bloodgold2 wrote:Hi Mike and Jen, nice gold once again  hope the task master gives you some time off Jen before you have to come home   sorry Mike

It's all good BG2, they do look after me very well..

Mike said he is the one who needs time off..

From me I think.

Darn!!!!

I seem to have waited a lifetime to find my favourite glasses too. But then I replaced them with these tinted ones, which are much better for the West.

They just don't have the character I reckon.


Determined1

Jen58 wrote:

bloodgold2 wrote:Hi Mike and Jen, nice gold once again  hope the task master gives you some time off Jen before you have to come home   sorry Mike

It's all good BG2, they do look after me very well..

Mike said he is the one who needs time off..

From me I think.

yeah Jen, Mikes a good man I can tell, you have an awesome family team congrats to you all for sharing the trip, wish sometimes I could do the same

Lovely collection of nuggets there, Mike & Jen!!   Bravo for doing your bit for the local lizard!!

Nice bit of colour there Mike and Jen. Good to hear that the young bloke is doing ok.
Hope you get to go to the beach, beautiful spot well worth the trip.

Good hunting
Cheers John

G'day Mike & Jen,

Going on today's news it might me a good idea to keep your toes out of the water at Esperance...!!

Cheers...

Andrew.

Hi Determined1
Yeah I preffer the tinted ones as well..
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Thanks BG2
I think we make a pretty good team..
A few years back..We never thought we would ever get over here..
This is now our 7th trip..  ( I think )

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Hi Annie, thanks... we love the wild life.. Even the creepy Crawlies..
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Hi Nuggetseeker
How are you doing?
Brought a caravan yet?
The beach.. Well not sure yet.. Only time will tell..
If they get onto some gold here, then here is where we will stay for a bit.
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Hi Barkly48
How's the weather back home? Warmed up ready for our return???
Yeah I think I will be keeping my toosties out of the water if we get down that way that is..

Hi all

Out bush.. We had to stop and wait for these two to get of the road.


Another pebble dragon..
This one was white, I guess he was blending in with the Quartz.


It can be very scrubby where some of the gold is laying, we were being watched  


This fellow was telling us off.. I think  

Hi all.
For those that are wondering how we are doing..
Well we started to head for home, since last Wednesday,  taking an easy drive back.
not long to go now..

It's been a windy drive so far.. Side winds, head winds, we needed tail winds..

Having a rest, then should be home in the next couple of days..

Wishing you safe travels to see you home, Jen/Mike, pity about the head winds, WA wants you to hang around a little longer.

Great photo's Jen. They bring back "golden" memories.

Regards Roger.

We are home  

We Just want to say
Thankyou Western Australia    we had a ball.

Loved every minute over there.
Great people, great weather..
And a little bit of gold.. What a great holiday from cold victoria.

I guess you all would like to know what we found all up?

Just want to say, it was all old ground we had been on last year, also a couple of private leases, which are pretty much hammered, plus a mining lease, if only we were allowed to have had one of those pretty big yellow detectors there, oh I think we would have found heaps!  

Between the three of us
20 ounces was found..




Total fuel cost from Kalgoorlie to Maryborough, vic, was $740.

Nightjar... I think you may be right.. We had head winds and side winds all the way home..
We should have stayed a little longer
Just starting to get a tad warm over your way now..
well for us..

Hi Roger, glad you are enjoying our trip

G'day Jen

Thanks for the update on how your trip went, it was good to see the pics and the storys of your time in WA as the weeks turned into months, and your final report, and a safe uneventful return trip, even though you had to battle some strong head winds along the way.

cheers dave

Welcome home guys, good to see you home safe.
first job get some wood. 6 jumpers and an overcoat.
No Jen haven't got a van yet looked at a couple but not what we wanted, still looking.
I will be in Talbot next weekend like to catch up if your about.


Cheers John

Hi Mike Jen & Young Mike

Welcome Home !! I'll catch up soon.
wombat

Thanks Dave
We were lucky that the trip home we had no dramas
As just not far out of Norseman we were being flashed by the cars and trucks going the other way
Then there were the police slowing all traffic down.
Then there it was, a 4 wheel drive turned on its side laying across the left lane, with a carvan still attached to it, but the carvan partly in the ditch and was still upright and look ok ( it looked to be at least a 16 foot pop top..)
Didn't look like anyone was hurt..

Hi Bill & John
You two know where we are, drop in anytime.
Hey John, when you do get a van, make sure it's dust proof..
We are still cleaning the dust out of ours..

Great to see your back home safe Jen an Mike

so is the 20 oz like a tenth of the pre dream trip Damn dreams

nice haul all the same

G'day All,
Thanks for all the great comments/best wishes.  Yes we finally made it back home in one piece and having a rest.  Then we have to do some serious Dust busting.     That red Dust gets into everything.


G'day Someday,
No we didn't have any high expectations, although it would be very nice to have found 10x more.     We never expect to find too much, but if we find enough to cover our trip then we are very happy.      
Although our son likes to find more..

So once again we had a great time over in WA and met some great people there as well.


Cheers.

Mike & The Crew.

  YEP ...we all dream of that one big nugget that helps with our retirement fund..

Still we are happy with what we found..

Now for the ... What I call a NIGHTMARE !

Cleaning up..      

P.s Chris hope all is going ok for you and the mrs..
I see on the other thread, you haven't lost your sense of humor, which is a good thing

Keep up the good work wearing your apron

This how easy vans roll over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ix7ZgsWTMg

The Digger

Hi The Digger..

That may have been what happened to the car and caravan we saw.. Who knows

It's happened to us in the past, had treated pine posts loaded onto a trailer, they weren't loaded properly, and we did a around about face, also once towing a camper trailer, ended up on the other side of the road, lucky there was no traffic each time it happened..

Not a nice feeling either

Has any one else had any mishaps like these??

Has any one else had any mishaps like these??

Not personally, but years back between Scamander & Falmouth on Tas east coast a car & van was following me across a sort of causeway (road built up above paddock height). A high side wide. It lifted the van which swayed then up and splat on the road. Silly thing was; in disbelief at what was happening so fast I was pointing saying "look, look, look ", not conveying it was happening in the rear view mirror, the passengers though I was off the planet.

Welcome to the forum j_m

Thanks for your story..
I can only imagine what your passengers were thinking about you
As only you saw it in your rear view mirror..

Nice collection Jen/Mike/Mike. Welcome home ! Will you be at Clunes (PMAV) next month ? - cheers

G'day Auger,

Thanks for the congrats and yes we hope to be at the next meeting.

Cheers.

Mike.

Hi there Mike & Jen, It has been great to have followed you guys on your WA adventures & finds. Thanks for the commentry & fabulous pics of gold, critters, sunsets, camp fires, scenery etc. Has been a pleasure to "tag" along & not one fly landed on or harassed me...

Best of luck to you

JW

G'day JW,

We are glad that you enjoyed our trip once again and it was our pleasure to share it with you all as well. Thanks again for all the great comments and best wishes from all.

Cheers All.

Mike And The Crew.

Hi Mike, Jen and Mick ,

Welcome home guys and thanks for sharing yet another adventure from the warmer weather of the WA winter ... Fantastic !
20 ozs .... great haul and what a team effort - congrats .

Regards
Glen

Thanks Glen, yes we had a great time over there and getting away from the freezing cold winter here. The Gold finds well they are a bonus to top off a great holiday.


Cheers.

Mike.