Day 34 - Take Two - Leinster

We left Kalgoorlie this morning, we decided we would take a quick detour via another little town called Orabanda, one of the blog readers has a connection with Orabanda, Lorraine who is Vanessa’s aunty, her grandfather had a lot to do with the mine in Orabanda. We called in past the hotel today Lorraine & it is pretty rough. Can’t imagine what it would have been like when your pop was there!

We then headed north & went through a place called Leonora. Now Ness & I were here on our last trip & it was a dead town, Very little activity & very quiet. Now some of you may be aware that the government sent some refugees here last year? Well we can’t believe the difference in the town, today when we drove through the place was booming, there was traffic in the streets, people in the streets & the shops and it actually looked like the town was pumping! Which made me think (the following statement is my opinion & mine alone, if you don’t agree with it then bad luck) you know how we are having all this trouble with asylum seekers? Well the town I mentioned before is a great success experiment, so why don’t we do this.

When boat people arrive in Australia they are automatically given temporary visa’s with the following conditions.

• ·         They must live in a remote town for a minimum of 5 years without leaving it! No exceptions, they must check in with authorities weekly & if they don’t or they take off the visa is automatically cancelled
• ·         They must work in the area, the government can supply land that they can farm & work
• ·         They can start their own business if they like
• ·         If they breach any of the conditions it is automatic one way ticket back to where they came from

Surely this could work?  Nothing the politicians are doing seems to be working!

We made it to Leinster this evening, we were also here on our last trip. When we stayed at this caravan park there were only 3 or 4 other vans here, tonight when we pulled in we struggled to find a spot! It is chockers! The people here are a mixed bunch, grey nomads, full time travellers, people looking for work & lots of prospectors, you should see some of the prospectors set ups, most of them have vans or 4WD’s that are fully set up for them to spend weeks at a time in the bush. They only come into town for supplies & maybe a shower at the caravan park.

I think this type of lifestyle will become even more popular in coming years, sales in caravans, 5^th wheelers & camper vans are going through the roof, it’s only going to get busier out here.

Reader’s comments

Sarah told us her Nan watches in the night garden…. I’m actually starting to enjoy it too Sarah

Tereasa asked us to find the animal (or person) that lays golden nuggets…Ha!

And Liz shared that she now gets paid to read the blog….as she does it at work!

Annie’s Blog

Wow today we left the Kalgoorlie place, Mum & Dad said they wished they could have stayed longer as they were making friends with the people that lived in the truck & Dad was speaking to the two guys that were living in an old van & a tent, they were also looking for work.

We went to this old mining town, mum said her Aunties Pop used to live there, boy it sure was messy.

Tonight we are in a caravan park that doesn’t have an office, you just drive in & find a spot & then Mum goes to the local shop & pays the man…… but we nearly didn’t find a spot, they were all full.

Not much to share today as we were in the car all day.

Speak to you tomorrow

AnnieInAVan….XXXXX