Our W.A.trip for 2014.

Good on you Mike and Jen and Mike
It looks like being a great season for you   
keep the pics coming   
dave

Thanks Tarnia, NuggieDreamer, Stoppsy, Mick and Dave,

We have been lucky so far as we haven't had any rain yet. ( touch wood.    ). Today is beautiful blue skies and a nice breeze with a few pesky flies.   

Thanks again Guys.

so far so good, hope you guys get the mother load. there's a lot of us over here wishing we were there, its cold.   love the pics   

Thanks Wombatroo.. Will try to post more..
Don't be sad... You may get over here one day..

Hi Nuggiedreamer

Love your pictures..
And I see you all have a chair each! Even the dogs    

Mmmmm.... Lucky you had the swag pegged down hey? It might have floated away  

Good luck out there.. And may you find more of the yellow, and less of the lead   

Nice bits of gold you have as well..  

Look forward to hearing more of your adventures      
Thanks for sharing with us all..


Thanks Stoppsy.. It's a pity you couldn't have stayed longer..
You said next year you will come for 4 months.. Oh how the year is going to drag by for you..  

Thankyou Goldenhero..

Hey Phoenix..
Will try to keep the pics coming..  
Hi Zeta  ( think I spelt your name right  )

Thanks Flyspecks..
Well jump in your car and come on over..  

G'day Jen,

Good to see you guys are off to a great start!!

Just wondering how all the cooking ideas are turning out. You've been over there a little while now so you should have been able to instruct the other (un-named) members of your party how to cook. I have this great mental image of you, after a hard day's detecting, sitting back in your camp chair, an icy cold cardonnay in hand, feet up on a stool, and a slave giving your aching feet a bit of a massage, another slave waving a gum branch (probably not many palm fronds where you are) to keep you cool and keep the flies away.... all the while the smells of dinner wafting from the kitchen... ahhhhhh, life's tough huh?

   Time for me to get outta here...!!

Cheers...

Andrew.

Helloooo Barkley48

As I read your post! I was doing this the whole way..

           

I love the image you have in your head.. About me...
But .....
I can assure you.. You have it all wrong.. You know you do.. Cheeky!!   

oh I wish it was true.. But sadly it isn't   
I do get a little help   

The cooking ideas...    I have tried Shiraz's recipe... Wasn't bad either..

One of the fellows that came with us.. Who is Nuggetseeker ( John ) on the forum..
Well he came back yesterday with three bits of gold..
Weight was 2x12 grammers plus a 2 and a half grammer.. He did well..
He sure works hard for it though..
I will see if I can get a pic up of the bits he found..

Stay tuned....

flyspecks wrote: its cold.  

What do you mean it's cold, Gary ? It's been 24 degrees for days     

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/wa/gascoyne/sandstone

Phil

Nice gold so far Mike and Jen   
I would steer clear of eating too much of Shiraz's gastronomic recipes otherwise you may come back 20kgs heavier than when you left   
.....not to mention the extra fuel you will use on the way home  

Awesome guys,    Your off to a great start with some beaut gold already.    Hope plenty more comes your way. Look forward to many more reports & instalments as the gold & adventures unfold.   

Best of luck out there   

JW

Great going Mike and Jen,    that all your targets are big and golden.

Hi all..

Gus you are probably right... Because when I made Shiraz's meal..
Mike and I went halfs, I made wayyyy too much..  

We don't need to be putting on any more weight... Come over here to lose it..  

Thankyou JW..
Will try to keep you all updated when we can..

Hi Costadee...
Unfortunately not all targets are golden..  
Lots of rust, lead, old tin cans.. To name a few..
It is nice when we find an area... that most sounds are golden   

Ok with permission from (John) Nuggetseeker.. Here is his finds so far..



Oh bugger!! Net won't run to well tonight!!!
The specie that John found that's not on the scales.. Weighed in at 88.53grams.. It has gold showing all the way around it..
So we are all guessing there might be about 10 grams of gold in it..    just a guess..
I don't think John cares.. He is very happy..


Sun going down at camp..



It got a bit warm out there detecting today   
Ok fingers crossed this posts..

Congrats to John, that is lovely Gold  

Thanks for the post Jen.

Dear Jen and Gus, I think you might have got the size of the trays wrong. The photos I took exaggerated the size of the trays we used. (Fish-eye lens) Our trays are only 4" x 3" x 1 1/2"deep. Kon and I are both lean mean gold getting machines. Greek Gods I tell ya!   
Jen, now how is Mike going to detect all day if ya keep stuffin that much food into him?  

A BIG CONGRATS JOHN, keep the nugs coming   

lkyphl wrote:

flyspecks wrote: its cold.  

What do you mean it's cold, Gary ? It's been 24 degrees for days     

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/wa/gascoyne/sandstone

Phil

Hi Phil
A little birdie told me you are over this way as well..
How are you doing????
Anything you would like to share? Maybe? Please???

Well done John on your finds mate.That is a nice lot of gold that you have got already. Jen I'm glad to see that you are looking after the boys alright.   Has mike got over his flue yet   I'm going to have to talk Wifie in to coming over next year.   Keep the photo's and reports coming.
wombat  

Hi Bill

You have the cooking part all wrong..   
They all look after themselves..
The boys always get the barbie plate ready..

   John doesn't let me do any of the campfire chores..   
I going to miss him when he heads back east   

You know I can't do much...    That's why I only have 6 grams of gold..

Mike still has that dreaded flu... It's because of his asthma... And the fact he   
His on the mend slowly... The weather here does help a lot..
Bl##dy flu injection!!!!!

   good luck with talking Your lovely wife into coming over...  
You never know though..

Hi Bridgette  

P.S John says Thankyou to everyone,.. He doesn't have the Internet out here..

Yes Shiraz.. You are soooooooo right! I brought the wrong size trays, but at the time they were the only sizes I could find..  
My son wants me to cook it in the camp oven next time.. ( I do make the odd meal for him..)

Greek gods you say Shiraz... Ahhhh what a crack up you are!      

Great pics,have a safe and happy time here in WA.I look forward to hear more of your trip when you get a chance.

Thanks again for all the great replies guys & gals. Yes we have been a bit slow with posting more pics, but the Internet doesn't always run very good out here and trying to upload pics is not that good. We will try to post some more when we have better internet service.

Thanks again all.

Hawk wrote:Great pics,have a safe and happy time here in WA.I look forward to hear more of your trip when you get a chance.

Thankyou for your well wishes..
_________________________________________
Ok.. I took some photos..   
Sorry no gold pics..   

Mike detecting in the background



Spot the cows..



Roxy with her muzzle on...
She really hates wearing it.. But she knows the rules.. When outside it's a must!



Super pit heap! South west side...   
It had grown since last year!!!!  

Mike,
We just got to Sandstone this afternoon after a few days around Davyhurst and Bottle Creek. Just sitting here by the fire typing.
I hope we have as much success as you and the others are having.
Jig.

Roxy the wonder dog!!

So glad she's wearing the muzzle.

Really enjoying this thread - I'm tuning in every day...

Cheers! Nick.

G'day Jig & Nick,

We wish you luck in Sandstone Jig and thanks for your well wishes.

Nick yes she is a wonder dog that's for sure and thanks for your well wishes. Yes we will try to keep you all updated on our trip.

Thanks again all.

Looks like a hoot and the gold isn't hiding
I assume you are not part of a tour and just a group that have gone over there. That's what I would like to do next year. Nearly went on a tour this year but didn't happen.

Hi Jen,
I notice you have your dog with you, but I haven't been game enough to take our dogs in the past because I have heard that dogs are not allowed on leases.
Have you experienced this in the past,I know the dog is wearing a muzzle because of baits, or is this a proviso for stock protection.

Cheers Dave  

Hi Mike and Jen, great pics   and congrats to John for digging up some nice gold   never been to vic or wa, which would be colder temps atm?

Cadian wrote:is wearing a muzzle because of baits, or is this a proviso for stock protection.

Cheers Dave  

I wouldn't let my dog loose on any Pastoral land out bush... 1080 bait signs everywhere in WA and I know are aerial dropped regularly, around Paynes Find, Yalgoo and Mt Magnet.
Mining land can also be baited. One lick of a bait will put an end to your dog because there is nowhere to take em while they are howling in agony, running in circles and into trees. She's being smart.

Some dog owners still put there dogs at risk off the lead like I do at times, but my mutt lives for a ride out bush and I can't leave him at home when I pack the ute he knows my detector bag too well and waits shotgun on the front seat as soon as a door is opened.

Hi Nuggiedreamer for the reply.I realize the muzzle is to protect against baits. What I would like to know if it is a problem taking dogs along when detecting on leases.
Cheers Dave  

G'Day cadian we have not had a problem with taking our dog on to pastoral leases in wa we ask first before we enter. It all depends on the pastoral leasee we all ways use muzzles on our dog we have seen first hand what 1080 can do . the pastoralist will normally tell you where they have baited , as for big mining leases it can be differnt baits all over the place. then again we only have a mini fox terrier. cheers lonewolf.

blisters wrote: Hi  Mike and Jen, great pics   and congrats to John for digging up some nice gold   never been to vic or wa, which would be colder temps atm?

G'day blisters,

Thanks for the congrats and well wishes. As for the temps well we come over here to get away from the cold weather in Vic this time of the year. The temps here for the last couple of weeks has been getting into the low to mid 20*c and no rain, just sunny blue skies. I haven't been watching the temps back home, but I think it would be a bit cooler and wetter. Hope this makes some sense....

Hey Bill what's the weather been like back home???