Recently I road tripped down to the Narembeen & Mount Walker area and planned to visit the Sleepy Hollow Walking trail and also just wing it. After all, any successful road trip is 60% made up on the spot. Coming with me was local travel business celebrity Danielle, who was on the hunt for wild flowers.
We parked at the base of the rock, walked up the side and being a veteran granite climber I found the experience to just be ok. flat farmland in each direction was nice but it didn't keep our attention for very long.
A continued west on Mount Walker Road, where I knew the Boot Mile was going to keep is a little more entertained. I've visited here before and I think even written about it previously.
The Boot Mile
About half way between the Hidden Hollow and Narembeen town is the boot mile (and the less successful underwear 10 metres).
Last time I visited, 3 years ago, it was #2 of 2 things to do on Trip Advisor. Now it's number 1 of 4 things to do in Narembeen. How times have changed! The 7 reviews are mostly positive, though claim it is only 1km in length.
One thing I never noticed last time I visited was the outdoor toilet that is planted just behind the fence line. Hoping it would be plumbed you can imagine my disappointment when I found it wasn't.
On the south side of the road is the much less successful underwear display. They're not so hard wearing and really didn't work very well.
The displays were flanked by canola fields requiring many many photos.
not just boots, sandals and heels too
the underwear version
Canola bear
After the boots and underwear display we kept going west until we arrived in Narembeen where we had a quick roadhouse lunch and also perused the Narembeen Grain Discovery Centre they have in the roadhouse. It's a little bit run down but there's quite a bit of interesting information there.
As is frequent in this part of the world. Roe Dam Mount was another granite rock designed to capture rainwater by funnelling it with walls into the adjacent reservoir. Karalee Rocks and even the Wave Rock in Hyden both function in the same way. But there was something about Roe Dam. The place was an orgy of orchids and wildlife.
As with any place with sitting water, there were plenty of mosquitoes there, though more interested in drinking than sucking on us. I was also warned against getting too close to the giant snappy ants.
Today was a good day, and also my first blog post on the newest version of the website. We are 7 years now in and version 4 of the blog!
