Mukinbudin Road, Bullfinch, Southern Cross: The Yilgarn has some of the oldest rock formations in the world.
Baladjie fifty-six kilometres north-west of Southern Cross on the Mukinbudin Road is one of these. Baladjie offers fascinating formation, caves, unique flora and fauna, birdlife and is a great picnic place.
It's a short walk to the top of Baladjie for magnificent views to Highclere Hills (first gold discovered in Golden Valley) and Baladjie Salt Lakes
Further Information
Hunt's Soak is located eight kilometres north of town near Lake Koorkoordine and named after Charles Cook Hunt, an early government surveyor. This man-made stone well was one of a series constructed along a track cut eastwards to facilitate opening up the land for pastoralists in 1864.
It is reputed to be the oldest European landmark in the Eastern Goldfields. A commemorative plaque was erected in 1983.
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