Farmland at Toodyay
We drove to Corrigin today, as we are on our way to see Wave Rock at Hyden, and this is a good place to stop along the way. Much of the road that we travelled on today was narrow, but paved. Several times the road is less than two lanes wide, so that when meeting a vehicle you must pull onto the gravel shoulder.
We stopped for lunch along the road near the Bindoon army training centre. This appears to be partly forested and partly farmed. Where we stopped to eat was forest, and a very quiet and peaceful place to eat. Only one car went by while we ate lunch, as well as about four motorcycles.
As we drove on to the east we came to more and more agricultural land. There are also large gum trees that line the roads. We travelled along the number two rabbit proof fence for a while today. When it was constructed between 1901 and 1907 this was the longest fence in the world. Today parts of it are still standing, though it is no longer functional (apparently it never really did work very well).
Corrigin is a small agricultural town. Its claim to fame is that it holds the world record for “dog in a ute”, with 1627 dogs in 1627 utes in 2002. There is also a very large pet cemetary complete with headstones about five kilometres to the west of the town. We are staying tonight in the caravan park here, which is a nice quiet park with shade from the large trees. The park is actually quite full.