Mullewa

The sun reappeared today and it looks like the next week will be hot and sunny (hot for me but not crazy Australian summer hot). 

A couple of different people recommend Mullewa to me so I headed inland for the day. Mullewa was a gold rush town which then developed into an important railway town and telegraph exchange. 

Not much remains of the old town, except the Catholic cathedral which was a lovely building, although only open inside from July to September. However there were lots of trails around the town giving information on different time periods and the people who lived there. They must have eaten quite well in the early 20th century as an Italian arrived to run the veg shop and an Greek opened a chip shop.

The lady in the info centre recommended the bushwalk trail for a c.3k walk which took me out above the town amoung lovely scenary. The atmosphere doesn't really come out in the photos. Lots of kangaroos live here but must have been hiding from the sun today. The trail contained information about how the aboriginals lived off the land and what food / water they gathered. It was a great walk and I was very glad of my new fly net! There were a few other visitors in the town but a nice number and a good break from the school holiday hubbub. 

The town was very small but a local artist has a studio and small coffee shop which was nice for a break. Then later I walked the Wildflower Trail. I wasn't lucky enough to get the carpets of pink flowers which sometimes appear but it was a nice walk with lots of yellow flowers. I don’t think anyone will rush to employ me as a botanist! 

Today I have been embracing Australian things such as "chicken and avo" sandwiches and getting stuck behind "road trains" which are lorries pulling about 4 wagons behind. 

None of the old railway buildings remain except this old water tank! 


Print by a local artist. All very expensive.


Some art on the Wildflower Trail 

Australian Jesus with boomerangs
These wildflowers can bloom here but these ones were outside a garden centre.



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