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$34.95 The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail Guide

The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail celebrates one of the world’s greatest engineering marvels – a pipeline built 100 years ago to carry water from Mundaring Weir just outside of Perth, to the remote and arid goldfields of Kalgoorlie. Guiding you along the drive trail, this illustrated guide unlocks the rich heritage and bushland that can be found along this 560km trail. A time capsule of water, gold and Western Australia. This guidebook contains general information that may assit you in planning your trip between Mundaring and Kalgoorlie. Throughout the book you will find stories about the past and present. Stories about the land across which you will drive. Stories about the people who inhabited the land - how they lived, how they worked and how they played.

$39.95 Golden Quest Discovery Trail Guide Book

Your quest for adventure will come alive as you travel the Golden Quest Discovery Trail with this comprehensive Guide Book, complete with audio accompaniment (2 compact discs). The Guide Book is your key to the 25 sites and surrounding areas. The eye witness accounts, tragic and quirky stories and interesting facts provide you with a rich and complete Trail experience. The Guide Book will also aid in planning your journey on the Trail. It has a wealth of information about: - each location, including comprehensive maps; - travel distances between each site; and - associated safety guidelines. There are 25 official sites (or stopping points) along the 965-kilometre trail route. These are arranged in sequence from Coolgardie (Site 1) through to Kalgoorlie-Boulder's Super Pit (Site 25). The following are features of the Guide Book that will assist your journey: - Complete trail map is located at the back of the guide. - Trail Notes that describe the road journey as you approach each site. - These 'between sites' pages provide distances, estimated travel times and details of what to watch for along the way. These pages also indicate when it is recommended that you listen to particular tracks on the CD Audio Tracks that accompany the guide. If your vehicle doesn't have a CD player, don't panic as the CDs are 'infotainment', designed to enhance your trail experience rather than to guide you along the Discovery Trail. - A Feature Story that is relevant to the site you are approaching or the country through which the trail is passing. While intended to be read during the journey, they can be read at leisure. Some sites have two feature stories associated with them. - A page or pages dealing directly with the site itself. These Site Pages provide details of the stopping point, what's at the site and how much time to allow. There is a variety of historical and other information related to the site, and in most instances a set of 'Fast Facts' and/or an 'Eyewitness' account. If the site is a town, there is a map showing the stopping point. At each of the stopping points along the way there are information panels. In addition, there are four sectional Trail Maps, each detailing a particular section of the trail journey.

$29.95 Gascoyne Murchison Outback Pathways

The Gascoyne Murchison Outback Pathways Guidebook paints a colourful picture of the region – its history, nature and its charismatic characters. The 178-page full colour guidebook follows the paths of three self-drive trails through the Gascoyne-Murchison – the Wool Wagon Pathway, Miners Pathway and the Kingsford Smith Mail Run. These trails stretch from Geraldton in the west to Sandstone in the east and north to Exmouth, via the Gascoyne Junction. They come complemented by a series of fascinating interpretative signage. The guidebook takes readers on a journey along these trails and delves deep in the history of the area. It examines the rich indigenous history, the arrival of European explorers and the establishment of the pastoral and mining industries. Fascinating historical photographs bring these early years to life. The guidebook also looks at the region’s rich flora and fauna, showcasing some of the more common and the odder animal species and featuring photos of the carpets of wildflowers that blanket the region in colour. Readers will also learn about some of the fascinating bush tucker and bush medicines that Aboriginal people would use from Gascoyne-Murchison flora. The Gascoyne-Murchison’s ancient landscape is also revealed, with fascinating insights into some of the world’s oldest rocks and most interesting geological formations. Towns along the Pathways are also featured, with historical information, tips on their best attractions and a huge range of stunning landscape and historical photographs. Quirky side stories are also scattered throughout the guidebook, bringing to life the characters who make the region so special.