We travelled on the Horsepower Highway / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

November 3, 2025 5:17pm CST

We went to a Country Music Muster last weekend. It was held near Mt Trio and to the south of Perth. We turned off Albany Highway at Broomehill and travelled on what has been nominated as ‘the Horsepower Highway’ – another example of efforts to bring tourists to a region to help local economies. From Broomehill until we arrived at our destination, we saw old tractors here and there at strategic points. Some were decorated; some were shiny with paint while others were rusty and dilapidated. I took photos of over a dozen of them but I’ll show you collages over time. There are too many to post as individual photos. I love the draught horse that has been fashioned from metal. He looks very typical of the type of horse that helped the early farmers clear their land.

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@DaddyEvil (163846)

• United States

4 Nov

Yes, that looks like a plow-horse used to pull plows and wagons back in the day here, too. We didn't use horses to plow by the time I was born. Dad had bought a small tractor to use on our farm.

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@DaddyEvil (163846)

• United States

4 Nov

@JudyEv We learned to ride on Shetland Ponies that dad bought or traded for when we were growing up. Then rode full-sized horses dad bought or traded for... Some he trained to pull wagons and we went on camping trips or picnics.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (367631)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Nov

My father was one of the last to use horses but I only remember a part-draught that he bought later and that I learnt to ride on.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (367631)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Nov

@DaddyEvil I always loved horses in carts. We ended up with a pair of harness ponies and had a lot of fun with them.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (116681)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

4 Nov

Nice picture of the hors fashioned from metal in this post.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (367631)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Nov

Thanks. I like it too.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (116681)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

4 Nov

@JudyEv You are welcome.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (108302)

• United States

3 Nov

It’s a fun sculpture.

I love it when people get inventive with attractions. Obscure places need all the help they can get.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (367631)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Nov

We stayed in the caravan park at Gnowangerup on the way there and back. The number of empty shops was very sad to see.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (108302)

• United States

3 Nov

@JudyEv Oh, that is sad.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (489175)

• Italy

4 Nov

I like this horse sculpture. I hope that more tourists will come to visit.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (489175)

• Italy

4 Nov

@JudyEv - It is a shame, nice shops attract tourism.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (367631)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Nov

I hope so too. There are a lot of empty shops in some of the smaller towns.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (126670)

• Marion, Ohio

3 Nov

That horse is very well made

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (367631)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Nov

It really looks the part.

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Dena Miller

@Dena91 (17030)

• United States

4 Nov

That is a fun way to remind people of how it used to be. I hope that tourism will pick up for that area.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (367631)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Nov

It would be good if it did. Many shops in Gnowangerup are empty but there is one very large engineering company so hopefully that will bring employment opportunities.

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