Hyden-Norseman Rd, Hyden, Western Australia 6443 Australia. My car is small and gravel isnt good for it. Does anyone know if this road is sealed or not? The countryside ranges from rolling farmland, particularly in the west, to low-lying, mostly-dry salt pans. Yes i support GSRailway comments. RD sign northbound on Brookton Highway at the junction with Aldersyde North Road. Dodgy ID-cum-AD sign northbound on Brookton Highway approaching the junction with Kulin-Holt Rock Road. Aah well. Past Mt Norcott the track deteriorated badly. Note the white distance plate which should be green. This is one of the more important granite outcrops in the area. RD sign northbound on Brookton Highway as you leave Kondinin. 11th March 2009, 07:34 AM #3 hoadie72 Master Subscriber Join Date Brookton Highway looking south at the junction with Biddy Camm Road, 27km south of Varley. Kadin you were my best and closest mate from the beginning and nothing can be more harder for me to say goodbye. English. Cherrylyn Balayong Brookton Highway (Kunjin Street) looking east across Walton Street, Corrigin. Apart from replacing a leaking rear main seal, Harrison needs to find the source of the dust ingress! Note how Perth is not signed via SR41 despite this being the favoured truck route and also the shortest route. Brookton Highway looking east into Hyden. Planning on coming back for a long weekend from Perth with the caravan next time! Funding for the project had been met from the Government's $1 billion Additional Funding program for important road projects to be completed over 10 years. The road, also known as the Granite and Woodlands Discovery Trail, is 289 km (179 miles) long, running west-east from the town of Hyden (in the Shire of Kondinin) to Norseman. From Cascade townsite to the South Coast Hwy is bitumen, mostly full width. Note the omission of reference to SR40. We met back up with the Lake King - Norseman Road and headed toward Ravensthorpe looking for somewhere to camp for the night; storm clouds were forming, a thunderstorm was forecast. We pulled into a cleared area and walked up to the mine. State Route 40 commences at a signalised junction with Albany Highway in suburban Kelmscott. See Terms of Use, Golden Eagle, the largest nugget ever found in Western Australia. AD sign eastbound on Brookton Highway approaching the junction with Hyden-Norseman Road, 3km east of Hyden. Mulkas Cave at the The Humps is 17 kilometres to the west of King Rocks. One of the whites, Ted Knowles, got into an argument with an Afghan whohad washed his feet in the water. Lake King-Norseman Rd, North Cascade AU-WA -32.68284, 120.69629. species 193. RD sign northbound on Brookton Highway as you leave Lake King. Note there is no mention of TW356, which turns left at this junction. AD sign eastbound on Newdegate-Ravensthorpe Road approaching the junction with Brookton Highway at Lake King. Photo taken: May 2011. It would be difficult to imagine a better, more knowledgable or more professional presentation while touring through the bush. This section was part of the Esperance to Coolgardie telegraph line that was put through in 1896. AD sign eastbound on Brookton Highway approaching the junction with Kondinin-Narembeen Road, 4km north of Kondinin. For those looking to travel from Kalgoorlie-Boulder to Esperance, a 10-hour detour west to Merredin then down through Hyden, Lake King and Ravensthorpe to reach the South Coast Highway was the quickest option. Hunt noted red ochre aboriginal hand prints when he named the hill. Photo credit, Mundrabilla Roadhouse, a typical Nullarbor roadhouse. State Route 40 trailblazer facing northbound traffic (you can see its southbound mate in the middle distance) approximately 14km south of Varley. Note the slip lane for left turn traffic. Tourist signs for Kunjin Animal Farm, looking east on Brookton Highway at the junction with Hewett Road, 76km east of Brookton. Great place for camping, toilets but no showers or running water. Gen time: 0.5379s | RAM: 8.42kb. Slightly dodgy RD sign northbound on Brookton Highway near the junction with Kulin-Holt Rock Road, 13km north of Varley. We would then start the Widgiemooltha Telegraph Track and continue south to camp at Dordie Hill. Brookton Highway looking east as you approach the junction with York - Williams Road, 19km west of Brookton. Your best option for mapping and navigation no matter where you go in Australia. The road is not sealed in parts, but last time I used it it was in very good condition. It is an excellent alternative to travelling the Great Eastern Highway. They were clearly of a later vintage than when the telegraph line was put through in 1896. From there to 90 mile tank was the worst corrugations on the whole road. AD sign northbound on Brookton Highway at the junction with Bulyee-Quaraiding Road, Bulyee. More than likely the infrastructure was used for telephone lines for many years until abandoned in favour of subterranean cables. EARLY DEPARTURE WAS NOW STANDARDand we drove out of Norseman before 7.00 a.m. Access to the road across Lake Cowan was not initially clear but after a short time casting around we picked up a track that led to the road and started our journey west. Ten kilometres out I raised Scotty on the UHF. We've disabled Quick Reply for this thread as it was last updated more than six months ago. Great place to stop for a stretch. Kinglake Rd, Kinglake, VIC 3763. To make a positive identification flowers and/or leaves are required and, even then, it can be very difficult. Cascade Road The Cascade Road is a remote road with a gravel section approximately 120kms in length. Dodgy AD sign facing southbound traffic on Bulyee-Quaraiding Road at the junction with Brookton Highway. Dusty went off the track a mm and went down about 300 mm. Brookton Highway turns south briefly before recommencing its east-west route. Great for visit, not so good for camping.! Open today 8:00am - 5:30pm. Share your story, anyone can enter. This is the eastern terminus of State Route 40 after its 500km journey from Perth. Way: Lake King - Norseman Road (211256176) Version #6 Drive Survey Mapillary. Not sure what's going on there with the oversize arrows and missing panel borders! The tiny townsite is located to the left of the grain bins, behind the trees. When Joe made an initial attempt to recovery Graham he too got bogged. Lake King is a small town situated 465km from Perth and 115km from the town of Lake Grace. This junction was a typical triangular junction which has recently been reconstructed to a safer T-junction layout. These were known as woodlines. Photo credit, This part of the highway is also used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service as an emergency runway. As long as it all ends with no damage, its all good clean fun.. No cleared areas, no tracks off the main track. The harvest walls are very effective on this rock. Imagine a drive, a thousand miles long with no turns or bends, across a vast featureless plain with repetitive landscape, and hundreds of kilometers between towns and service stations. Brookton Highway looking east, 5km east of Kondinin. Like many of the exposed granite outcrops in the goldfields, Dordie Rocks was an important stopping place for the natural collection of water between the various goldfield settlements. Signage facing southbound traffic on Brookton Highway, 5km north of Varley. Cave Hill was the main camp for the woodline operators. AD sign northbound on Narrogin-Kondinin Road (Graham Street) approaching the junction with Brookton Highway (Nicholl Street) at Kondinin. He headed back to Norseman just after 6.00 a.m. State Route 40 trailblazer facing eastbound traffic as you climb towards Roleystone, 4km east of Albany Highway. Telstra have used this route for their fibre optic cable. Then east to the Rabbit Proof Fence and then out to Hyden Norseman Road. "The road provides a shorter route option between Perth and Esperance and will enable farmers in the cascades area to deliver . A member of the public found the rolled ute on a straight stretch of the unsealed Lake King-Norseman Road on Saturday morning, calling police at around 7.15am. The distance between Lake King and Norseman is 220 km. Apioneer telegraph track has been revived some 120 years latertoprovide a vital link in Western Australias telecommunications infrastructure. Brookton Highway looking north towards the intersection with Mills Road. Sign instructing westbound trucks to engage low gear as you begin to descend the Darling Scarp near Eugene Place, Roleystone. Brookton Highway looking east through a curving and undulating section of the route, at Sloan Road, 4km east of Kondinin. For the next few hours the entire party was treated to a varietyof quality information about the geology of the area, settlements, major gold discoveries, woodlines, mining history and a whole host of other interesting topics. After a group discussion I was presented with Hobsons Choice (wont happen again) and we elected to stay the night in Norseman. Note the steep descent warning signs in the background. Graham Nissan 4.2L Patrol Wagon bogged. Note the use of Varley for the kilometre plates despite the absence of services. Brookton Highway looking east at Keays Road, Kelmscott. This intersection was recently realigned in conjunction with the work undertaken at Mills Road - the clump of trees illustrates the location of the old curve. An hour after leaving Balladonia Roadhouse we pulled into a rest area and noticed smoke coming from Harrisons Vitara. You will also encounter the Dingo fence, claimed to be the longest fence in the world, that runs beside the Eyre Highway for a short distance. There is also no mention of Hyden, which was shown on signs at the intersection in Brookton! Travelled Lake King to Norseman 10 days ago lots of place under water like 1/2 km at 500mm deep and lots of deep wash always has been like this since Jan. Two blokes from Northam hade to be resued by Ses 2 days aftre we went throught Lake King to Peak Charles 160kms travel time was 4hr in 4x4 Got lots of good photos. Brookton Highway looking east near Koorikin Rock, where the route crosses a number of shallow, mainly dry lakes, 36km east of Corrigin. We had a stretch and checked out the Breaways enroute from Norseman to Perth a few weeks ago. Brookton Highway looking west near Collins Road, approximately 62km east of Kelmscott. Brookton Highway looking east along the long, straight road, 13km east of Kondinin. The Norseman Road from Lake King to the east passes through the Frank Hann National Park (61,420 hectares) at the eastern end of the shire boundary.

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