Have done what we needed to do in Geraldton and are starting the trek to Kalgoorlie via Mt Magnet and Sandstone. Fairly uneventful trip until we got to Yalgoo to fill up with petrol. We didn't stop in Mullewa as we still had 3/4 tank and it was only 120kms to Yalgoo. Our mistake. Whilst there is 24 hour fuel at Yalgoo it is fully automated via computers and credit card (don't know what you do if you don't have a credit card). We had just started to read the instructions on how it worked when one of the local workers came by to inform us that the petrol pump was not working due the computers been down caused by thunderstorms a couple of days previous. There was no way to manually override the system. He hoped we had enough petrol to get to Mt Magnet 128kms away. We don't get the best fuel economy due to an old car and heavy caravan and didn't think we could but really had no choice but to continue on at 70kms/hour. The local worker informed us to flag down a road train if we get stuck and they would help us out. Anyway we drove slowly without the airconditioning and made it to Mt Magnet without incident thank goodness. Think its time to get a jerry can. Had a look around the town of Mt Magnet, quite a nice looking town, they even have a cinema and of course the pub (see pics). Obviously a lot of prospectors head this way due to the merchandise the stores sell. We were going to stay in Mt Magnet for the night but decided to head to Sandstone 158kms away. Along the way we saw a few large lizards/monitors/bungarra/parenties/goanna (not sure what they are called) on the road. Just outside of Mt Magnet there was quite a lot of water on the road verge from the recent storms which we thought might not be a common sight. Arrived in Sandstone late arvo and checked into the caravan park, this is run by the Shire and is well maintained and empty. Only us, one other van and 3 permanents. Apparently Sandstone is at its busiest during the wildflower season.
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