Star date: 24/4/26
Water, more precious than gold, is what the sign states at the old Dundas Dam. Dundas faced the same problem as many early goldfields towns, the lack of clean water.
Dundas Dam was really fascinating with harvest rain falling on the rocky outcrop and then being channelled into the dam below. The rocks above were a spectacular site and great to climb up the rocky ground to explore them. It is well worth the short detour of the main road to explore giant granite boulders.
The slope of the rocks the water would run down.
Some rocks to help channel the direction of the water.
The dam wall.
A dried lake on the dirt road into the old Dundas town area.
Not far from the dam was the old township of Dundas. All that is left is a few sign posts. Like many gold towns it had a hotel, blacksmith shop, Methodist church, Stores and houses. A school was planned it was starting to come to life. But in 1894 gold was discovered at Norseman, richer finds so the focus turned to Norseman and Dundas became a ghost town.
We docked for the night at Bromus Dam, a large are about 200m off the road. Heaps of room around a small dam. There is a toilet and some bins.
Live Long and Prosper 🖖🏿