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Beyond the Front Gate
Australia
Registrace 28. 01. 2021
Based in Roleystone, Western Australia. Join our family on our travels as we go ‘Beyond the Front Gate’!!
Rock Tank Exploration Trip - Lake King
Water. Without it, all living things we know would never survive. Finding and collecting water in a hot, dry, arid country is a challenge. One the early pioneers didn't shy away from, with different methods used to collect water. Join us on our trip to document tanks that were blasted into granite to store water along the No.1 Rabbit Proof Fence adjacent to the Lake King district, in Western Australia's eastern wheatbelt region.
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Newcarlbeon Rock | Koorda Shire | WA Wheatbelt
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The land now known as the Wheatbelt is a dry hot inhospitable land in many years and the early explorers often described the monotony of the flat scrub and timber covered country. However nature has provided a little relief in the large isolated granite outcrops found throughout the interior. On the rock face are found holes and indentations which hold water after the rains. The extent of the w...
Search for the Woodgine Waterhole | WA Murchison Region
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Woodgine Waterhole has been a water source for many people and a life line for the early explorers and surveyors. It is a sizeable gnamma on a area littered with granite outcrops. Augustus Charles Gregory in 1846 and John Forrest in 1869 used this waterhole to obtain water during their expeditions. This is located on a working pastoral station and permission is required from the station to acce...
Boulder Rock
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Boulder Rock is located in Lesley, Western Australia, within the Midgegooroo National Park. It is on the south side of Brookton Highway, approximately 8.5 kilometres from Roleystone. It is a great spot for a walk or hike with a number of granite rock formations across the large granite outcrop. Spectacularly, Boulder Rock hosts a number of different flora types with several terrestrial orchid s...
'Purchas Tank'(p.) Water Reserve 9925
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During the construction and maintenance of the No. 1 Rabbit Proof Fence, water was hard to come by. The construction of numerous tanks into granite outcrops were required to support the activities. Water Reserve 9925 'Purchas Tank'(p.), No1 RPF 154-mile peg South, located north east of Lake King and adjacent to the RPF is one of a number located in the Lake King area. For more about see east-of...
'Currys Tank'(p.) Water Reserve 13527 - Mount Gibbs
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During the construction and maintenance of the No. 1 Rabbit Proof Fence, water was hard to come by. The construction of numerous tanks into granite outcrops were required to support the activities. Water Reserve 13527 'Currys Tank'(p.), located north east of Lake King and south of Hatters Hill is one of a number located in the Lake King area. The tank is situated at the base of Mount Gibbs with...
'Tolemans Tank'(p.) Water Reserve 9926
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During the construction and maintenance of the No. 1 Rabbit Proof Fence, water was hard to come by. The construction of numerous tanks into granite outcrops were required to support the activities. Water Reserve 9926 'Tolemans Tank'(p.), East of No1 RPF and approximately half way between 'Rhodes Tank' (Water Reserve 9968) and Mt Gibbs in the South East. This is one of numerous in the Lake King ...
'Rhodes Tank'(p.) Water Reserve 9968
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During the construction and maintenance of the No. 1 Rabbit Proof Fence, water was hard to come by. The construction of numerous tanks into granite outcrops were required to support the activities. Water Reserve 9968 'Rhodes Tank'(p.), No1 RPF 129-mile peg South, located north east of Lake King and adjacent to the RPF is one of a number located in the Lake King area. For more about see east-of-...
Prehistoric Rock?
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When @campingwithtravis9705 grabbed the camera, he picked up on some interesting rock formation near Rhodes Well, Lake King, WA. Delve into his mind...
Measuring Gnamma Holes
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Gnammas, or rock holes, occur commonly on granite outcrops in the southwest of Western Australia. We set out east of Lake King to record three gnammas in Water Reserve 8392, with one being a rare type 5b flask gnamma. Contained within Water Reserve 8392 is a rock well used for the construction and maintenance of the No. 1 Rabbit Proof Fence. In a harsh, dry climate, water security is essential....
Lake King - Rabbit Proof Fence Rock Tank Restoration
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Water Reserve 8392... No1 RPF 144-mile peg South... East of Roe Loc 2866... Built between 1901 and 1903 (122 years ago). Well before Lake King 1928, Newdegate and Hyden 1922, Lake Grace 1911, and Kondinin 1910. Before CSR Wells 1908. It is the Oldest man-made structure in the Lake Grace Shire! It was built by workers at the same time as the RPF was being erected. For crucial water supply to the...
The Names of these Tanks are proposed for now. I will eventually put a submission to LKPA for approval, then approach our local council. Lake Grace. After that the GNC. So atm I propose we call Reserve 9968 Rhodes Tank, in recognition of the Rhodes family, Dusty, Les and Thora.... Water reserve 9926 Toleman's Tank, after the family of Bill (Battery Manager), May, and daughter Thora... Water Reserve 13527 Curry's Tank, after Bill and Rita and two sons Chuuby and Athol. Rita wrote about her recollections of carting water from this spot, whilst at HH. Along with her two sons they would picnic here whilst filling tanks. She very much enjoyed this spot.....Water Reserve 8392 Penny's Tank, dubbed by Phil Bianchi OAM, in recognition of our work.... Water Reserve 9925 Purchas Tank, after John Purchas the first miner at Mt Agnes Reward, using a 3 head Stamp Battery in 1902....
Well Done Steven..
This Gnamma was measured using the plate on a North South, then East West Plane. The East plane had a measurement of 1025ml at 60 degrees angle ,, Cavernous!!
A fair bit of logistics and thought gone into that project
Cool video Jefferies, make it public