We have three holes of the Nullarbor links to do today, one at Kambalda and two at Norseman. The Kalgoorlie course was prestine, beautiful green tees, fairways – we are not expecting the same for the next 14 holes at least, could be interesting. Kambalda, well the fairways were pretty much dirt, the tees were a dirt box and the putting green? I’m not sure what they were but they were black. We had to stamp our own score card, there’s no dress rules from here on in but old mate recommends that we wear shoes at Norseman cause that course is full of prickles. Old mate come to live here from Kal back in the late 60’s when there was a shortage of work there and houses weren’t selling, times were tough. Back then he couldn’t sell his house for $300.
 |
| The dirt box tee off |
 |
| We aren't the first ones here today, we can tell |
 |
| Widgie what the? Between Kambalda and Norseman |
Old mate was right Norseman course is prickly, two par 4’s here to do. On the other side of the golf club is a salt lake, it is hot as middle of the day, maybe this wasn’t so clever. Anyway we are enjoying the golfing, breaks the trip, a bit of exercise and a few good laughs. Norseman is another prosperous mining gold town. A prospector was returning from the Coolgardie gold fields when he stopped to rest his horse, “Hardy Norseman”. Hardy pawed the ground to uncover a huge nugget. Prospector Sinclair went on to discover a large reef, which he called after his horse, Norseman. After a big day on the fairways, we arrived at Esperance late in the afternoon. After the last few days in the outback heat, we were happy to arrive back on the coast, the weather is fine and cool.
 |
| That was my best tee off yet, straight down the guts |
 |
| Darl, can't see the ball for dust......... |
 |
| 19th hole at Norseman, closed??? |
 |
| Hardy Norseman, pride of place in main street of town |
 |
| Lunch under the gum tree in Norseman |
No comments:
Post a Comment