I am writing this on the morning after a pleasant sleep in the rather nice camp at Karalee Rocks. This camp is run by volunteers from the National Trust and encompasses the usual walks and story boards telling the history of the area and its association with the 'Golden Pipeline' from Mundaring to Kalgoorlie. Another project that has me wondering at the type of mind that can consider creating something of this magnitude from nothing. I know that you all know this but just a reminder that it consists of a dam (Mundaring Weir) the pipeline (650 kms) and a reservoir (Mt Charlotte) in Kalgoorlie all built at the beginning of the 20th century.
No less inspiring is the water collection systems devised by the pioneers, the gold prospectors and the early settlers. Here there are 2 rocks and associated acquifers bringing the water into a dam. I walked around the dam, along an acquifer made of half steel pipe and complete with control gates to send the overflow into the bushland. Then I climbed to the peak of the rock and added a small rock to the customary cairn.
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