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Gwalia Ghost Town, Western Australia

May 2, 2017 9 Comments

We stumbled upon Gwalia Ghost Town in Western Australia’s Great Victoria Desert 828km from Perth. Originally a gold mining town in 1963 when the mines finally closed the population dropped from 1200 to 40. In the 1980’s gold was rediscovered thanks to new technology although today only twelve houses are said to be occupied. It seems […]

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Living in an Abandoned Backpacker Hostel

April 21, 2017 12 Comments

Following on from my post about living a nomadic lifestyle I thought I would write about one of my recent living situations. Travellers all have their own way of doing things and for me it really comes down to working hard and giving up the luxuries in life (unless any of my relatives would like to […]

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