snacks abroad

First stop - petrol station! Yay... It is a good thing to have a tank full of petrol when going on a long drive!

We headed out at around lunch time! Probably not the best time for heading out on a long journey! But we were well prepared.

Bug splats on the windscreen don't really aid in taking nice photos!

Ok, why am I on edge about passing this parked van on the side of the road! It is empty and yet I still feel on edge!

No matter how hard I try I can not caputre the "icky" feelings that go with this place! I feel like we are being watched and I'm struggling to relax! I've never really like the area of Emmaville. It's dry and there is something about the place that I can not describe!

The landscape has been obliterated! Luna landscape! Strip mining plus erosion = little to no top soil. Only hard baked clay that most plants struggle to survive in! I am amazed at the damage that has been done to this area. There is little to no plants... Little to no life! Yes the erosion makes for a very interesting landscape that is beautiful and weird... but at what cost?

The amount of purple and green glass is amazing! Someone had fun here! A smash fest! We found many glass dumps like this! The glass is pretty!

From here we headed off to see the local asrenic mine! Oh How fun!

Ottery Arsenic Mine. This place was fenced off! I was all too glad of that! Yes I wanted to get closer but when you read a sign that says do not drink the water and I look down and sitting at my feet is this dog, who is trying to look o so cute, who has no clue on etiquette or general behaviour, who learnt from his mother how to drink sea water and all kinds of various thicknesses of mud... Dog + arsenic mine + don't drink the water + dog who cant keep from tasting anything and everything = dead dog! No thanks! Don't really want to go down that particular road!

From there we headed home... via a minor detour up Gulf road Emmaville!

In summery - the area is pretty in parts... I don't like the feeling of being constantly watched! It is drier than I like! And the lad is way too scarred from all the strip mining! Not good!

The only reason we would go back out there is because we know a guy who owns some property who is willing to let Gav do some fossicking! Other than that - I see no need to go back to Emmaville!

Actually I was glad to have the place behind me when we were finally on the road home! I don't know the history of the place but it feels like something bad happened there! Not the kind of place I would go for a picnic!