{"id":31964,"date":"2023-04-23T09:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T23:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=31964"},"modified":"2023-04-23T09:53:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T23:53:05","slug":"wagin-western-australia-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=31964","title":{"rendered":"Wagin, Western Australia 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 20-21 April 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 245 kms from Lake King to Wagin in Western Australia   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  Newdegate and Wagin  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Wagin RV Stop, $10, S33.30524, E117.33526  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: days @ $ per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Having finally found Lake King we move along on the seemingly dead straight road towards Lake Grace. Not the most interesting drive, the first 60 kms to Newdegate straight as an arrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our arrival in Newdegate is timed to catch the solar eclipse, but it\u2019s not our only reason for coming this way We find ourselves a parking spot and go exploring Newdegate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Lanz Bulldog two stroke tractor, its operational instruction plate in German. With Johannes help and 5 litres of kero I\u2019m sure we could get it going.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Newdegate Skate Park is for display only.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This old general store now a museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our primary reason for visiting Newdegate is the silo art. We catch glimpses of the solar eclipse as best we can without damaging a retina. The eclipse in Newgate covers about 1\/3 of the sun or so it appears as we squint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back on the road once again we find Lake Grace another 60 kms of dead straight road later. Did I mention it\u2019s burn off the stubble season in WA. Up to this stage it\u2019s been off in the distance somewhere, but today, much closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One hundred kms later as we approach Wagin<\/a> the country has changed, less stubble more sheep. Signs to various merino studs line the approach to town. Wagin is not a tourist hotspot, no painted silos but it does have a giant merino. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The kind people of Wagin provide an RV stop at the Showgrounds with all the facilities for $10 a night which seems a good enough reason for stopping. The following photos are a summary of our walking and exploring the town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Town Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Only one mural<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Cenotaph stands outside the Memorial Swimming Pool, but it\u2019s closed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A unique fountain in the centre of town the information panel makes an interesting read.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A couple of classic pubs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We thought this cottage and garden the best we found<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We spend two relaxing nights in Wagin, chatting to our tugger neighbours and going for walks. The bakery and butcher made our stay even better. Anyway that was Wagin, time to pack up and return to the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: 20-21 April 2023 Travelled: 245 kms from Lake King to Wagin in Western Australia    Visited:  Newdegate and Wagin   Stayed: Wagin RV Stop, $10, S33.30524, E117.33526   Budget: days @ $ per day Having finally found Lake King we move along on the seemingly dead straight road towards Lake Grace. Not the most interesting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":31996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,155],"tags":[157],"class_list":{"0":"post-31964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"category-western-australia","9":"tag-western-australia","10":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31964"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32004,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31964\/revisions\/32004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}