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More realistic sculptures from Wongan Hills

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Sep

We’re now in Beacon where we’ll have two nights in the caravan park. For every night that you book in here, you get a voucher to spend at any one of a number of businesses. The guy who hands out the vouchers when he checks you in...

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Vouchers for travellers

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Sep

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Photos from Monty's Pass

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Sep

I’ve done a collage of photos taken in Monty’s Pass, a 30-metre tunnel at Elachbutting Rock near Beacon, Western Australia. I don’t know how the pass got its name. A huge slab of granite has broken away from the main rock to form...

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Another big rock - Elachbutting Rock

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Sep

One of the reasons I wanted to go back to the Beacon area in Western Australia was to go to Elachbutting Rock. It’s not far from Beringbooding Rock which I’ve already written about. Elachbutting Rock is another large granite...

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Berinbooding Rock - built by sustenance labour

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Sep

While we were away, we visited Berinbooding Rock again. I wrote about it in 2019 and 2020 but hopefully, if you’re like me, you’ll have forgotten. The rock is a short distance from Beacon. The rock is huge and during 1937 at the...

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Vouchers from Beacon, Western Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Sep

I’ve spoken before about small towns coming up with all sorts of ideas to entice visitors to their towns. Having said that, some of the more popular towns are finding themselves overwhelmed with tourists and just wish they’d all...

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German backpacker found in the outback

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Jul

The big news in Western Australia over the last week has been the search for a German backpacker, Carolina Wilga. The 26-year-old was missing for ten days in rough country east of Beacon but was found Friday afternoon and is now...

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Beacon (memorial puppy) with Angel's collar on.

Stacey @xstitcher (39015) • Petaluma, California 24 May 22

I had to cut it down a bit and poke a couple more holes in it, but I got Angel's collar on the memorial puppy. I like this doggy. It's really soft. I know it certainly won't replace Angel--a real...

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Beringbooding rock tank needs a new roof

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Nov 20

Back in August, 2019, I wrote about Berinbooding Rock. And I quote: This is the largest rock water catchment tank in Australia. It was built in 1937 using ‘sustenance labour’ and holds 10.23 million litres. You can read...

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Creating rock slabs with heat and water

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Oct 20

MyLotter nawala (@nawala123) recently wrote about cooking on stone. You can catch up here: https://www.mylot.com/post/3408521/cooking-on-stone. Her post reminded me of how early Australian settlers used to create their own stone...

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Multi-tasking while on the phone

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Jun 20

Many of us have relied on phone calls while we’ve been in lockdown or social isolating. In her recent discussion, marguicha (@marguicha) talked about hanging out clothes and making a cheese sandwich while talking to her daughters...

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The End Of A Love

Teresa Trotter @teresatrotter (4073) • Jacksonville, Florida 7 Oct 19

In your darkest hour my love does my beacon reach your storm It however prohibits me from bringing back the norm The countless hours of raging rivers made your body constrict with pain Only the showery images of your breath can...

I might have spoken too soon - perhaps we do have cyclones here

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Aug 19

We have a big storm going on here at the moment – lots of thunder and lightning. After all my talk about us not having cyclones, a town north of us was hit by one yesterday and we’re being warned about similar bad weather tonight....

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More 'folk art' in Western Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Aug 19

While on the road between Beacon and Mukinbudin in Western Australia, we came across this collection of ‘sheep’ made from various materials. They can be found at the site of a former ‘community sheep dip’. At the time (late...

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A tragic story behind the headstone

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Aug 19

While travelling between Beacon and Mukinbudin in Western Australia, we stopped at a tiny graveyard. I’ve written about two of the graves. The third grave at the site has an incredibly tragic history. In May 1907, Sheila Richenda...

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A well-built sign - pity about the spelling

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Aug 19

I’ll split this into two as it’s a bit long for one discussion. When travelling through country Western Australia, we came across this tiny grave-site. Between Beacon and Mukinbudin, we turned off towards Wattoning Homestead...

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A distinctive rock and lots of coins

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Aug 19

Firstly, the image has nothing to do with the post. This rock is on the large granite outcrop that is BeringBooding Rock near Beacon in Western Australia. Isn’t it an unusual shape? But what I wanted to share is that yesterday we...

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An old-style phone box

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Aug 19

We went to see Hugh Jackman on Saturday evening and what a performance it was. The dancing and choreography were incredible and, of course, Hugh himself must be really fit to cope with the singing and dancing that he displayed. We...

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See how strong I am!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381950) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Aug 19

We are out on the edge of West Australia’s wheat-belt area. Crops here are short and look badly in need of rain. We are at a caravan park in Beacon which is a very small town but with a lot going for it. Sometimes it seems the...

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Daily Bible Study

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 17 Sep 18

Day 26 Luke 8:16 Luke 8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret, that shall...

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