We have left the deserts and the red sand behind. Now the soil is rich and dark red, and fields of flowers and grain feed rolly-polly sheep. I will not tire of driving through these rolling green hills.
It's windy on the west coast. Or maybe these trees are just tired and want to have a little lie-down.
Today, quite by accident, we discover an historical site, north of Geraldton. A lovely morning was spent wandering around these old ruins, some of which have been painstakingly restored.
The Lynton Hiring Station was opened in 1853 but closed just 3 years later due to shipwrecks and the discovery of a more appropriate (ie safer and choser to other key locations) site (Geraldton, 450km north of Perth). Its purpose was to provide labour to the lead mine. If you worked here for 7 years, you were provided with a grant of land and a pension; however the conditions were extremely harsh, and some workers (with wives and children) were still living in tents after 2 years at Lynton.
Remnants of the old Gaol.
A s you can see, the conditions for convicts were not exactly luxurious.
The walls of the gaol are covered in grafitti, which is easy to scractch into the walls. People have been making their mark here for many years.
The Pensioner's hut.
Old stuff in a shed. Very interesting.
Captain Sanford's House.
The Captain's house sits in beautiful roilling hills, overlooking paddocks with a view to the ocean just a short way from the site.
The view from Capt Sanford's House is glorious to say the least.
The old Mill. 
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