Norsemen is a gold town of the past. It is located at the end of a long, remote crossing into WA. Truckies and travellers breath easy upon arrival into Norsemen because of the towns traveller friendly services (water, food, and fuel). It also marks the end of the remoteness of the Nullarbor crossing.The main street is paved sporting a statue of the local hero...a horse called Norsemen. So the story goes like this. A man (whose name I forgot) rode his horse named Norseman into town. The horse was halted and anxiously pawed the ground with it's front hoof. With his pawing, the hoof revealed a large gold nugget. After that, everyone became gold rich:)
It was obvious to us that the gold ran out some time ago and the rich people all moved on :(. Today all that is left is some petrol stations, pub, bottle shop, caravan park, and a lot of flies. The highlight was the 30 min drive into the Outback where we sifted through a pile of rocks and earth looking for gold, quarts, agate, and fools gold. Gold fever struck but we came back empty (but with lots of fly bites).
Norseman-the equine heroIt was obvious to us that the gold ran out some time ago and the rich people all moved on :(. Today all that is left is some petrol stations, pub, bottle shop, caravan park, and a lot of flies. The highlight was the 30 min drive into the Outback where we sifted through a pile of rocks and earth looking for gold, quarts, agate, and fools gold. Gold fever struck but we came back empty (but with lots of fly bites).
Quiet streets of Norseman.
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