Norseman and Eucla
25 March 2012 18:19![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
denNorseman is one of those sad country towns fading into history. There used to be gold but when that ran out, so did the people. Most of the shops are shuttered and closed, the cinema is a roofless shell, as is the take-away. The only place doing any business was the pub. Houses are separated by vacant blocks, some of which still have the rubble from the old house piled in the middle.
Eucla is a roadhouse, which means it's not a town as such. It is a service station/motel/tavern/caravan park complex. It looks like it was built in the early 80s. Everything is pale pinks, slate greys and wood panelling. It has a well-maintained, slightly shabby look to it.
Dinner last night was an over-sweetened pork-and-rice take-away, eaten in the motel room and washed down by diet coke.
Dinner tonight was crumbed camenbert starter, followed by pink snapper on a bed of mashed potatos with green salad. Washed down by a bottle of icey cold Coopers Pale Ale. I was a welcome (but epensive) change from road-hue food I've been eating for 2 days - even counting the surprise chilli sausage roll* at Belladonia.
If you are ever travelling through this area, seriously seriously seriously stop here.
Petrol is cheap, too. Only $1.80/litre.
*I bought a sausage roll, and didn't know it was a chilli sausage roll until after I stuffed the first mouthful in.
Eucla is a roadhouse, which means it's not a town as such. It is a service station/motel/tavern/caravan park complex. It looks like it was built in the early 80s. Everything is pale pinks, slate greys and wood panelling. It has a well-maintained, slightly shabby look to it.
Dinner last night was an over-sweetened pork-and-rice take-away, eaten in the motel room and washed down by diet coke.
Dinner tonight was crumbed camenbert starter, followed by pink snapper on a bed of mashed potatos with green salad. Washed down by a bottle of icey cold Coopers Pale Ale. I was a welcome (but epensive) change from road-hue food I've been eating for 2 days - even counting the surprise chilli sausage roll* at Belladonia.
If you are ever travelling through this area, seriously seriously seriously stop here.
Petrol is cheap, too. Only $1.80/litre.
*I bought a sausage roll, and didn't know it was a chilli sausage roll until after I stuffed the first mouthful in.