Merredin Kalgoorlie Bitter Water Tank was built in 1893 and supplied water to steam trains for over 60 years.

Merredin silo art.  These silos are part of the largest grain storage bins in the southern hemisphere at 610 meters long and 59 meters high. After a bumper crop, if a silo is overflowing, has it ex-seeded its limits?

Merredin solar farm is the largest solar farm in Western Australia (360,000 panels) with an expected output of 281GWh of electricity annually, generating enough energy to power approximately 42,000 Western Australian homes. Thought for the day: “Generating all our electricity from solar power…is not going to happen overnight.”

It isn’t peak wildflower season here yet but a few are flowering like this hakea.

Totadgin Rock Conservation Reserve south-west of Merredin.

Gnamma on Totagin Rock

Ground orchids at Totagin Rock

Cuckoo

“Yikes! Thorns! Pull out, pull out!” (Chestnut-rumped thornbill)

The Narembeen Hawk has a wingspan of 2.5m with 1000 individually cut feathers. Someone suggested there were only 999 but that is a matter of a pinion. It is the creation of local sculptor Jordan Sprigg who has many outstanding works in the surrounding districts.

Horse Sculpture at Narembeen Public Hall – this one has well and truly bolted.

Mile of Boots – a bootiful sight outside Narembeen. For people who get bored of stacking rocks.

Heading east we stop at Mt Walker to see Hidden Hollow

Wave Rock – we were lucky to get a brief moment of soltitude here – busloads arrived later.

Panorama of Wave Rock – a dumper!

Top of Wave Rock

Lake Magic from Wave Rock with The Humps in the distance.

This guy tried the break goofy-footed ….. or is he just goofy?

The Humps 20km north of Wave Rock

Mulka’s Cave is a granite cave with indigenous art

Hakea laurina (pincushion hakea) at Hyden

Regent parrots outside Hyden

Lake Jilakin – another salt lake in the district

The Tin Horse Highway has at least 50 horse sculptures beside the 15km drive into Kulin

“Ben Horse – A Charlton Horston Epic”

These guys were here so no-one could stirrup trouble.

This sculpture has a colt following.

The local police were on the lookout for horse thieves Bonnie and Clydesdale.

Horseidon; Horsepower; Fillypoosis

A whinny in a tinny

Easy rider – very stable on two wheels.

Seahorse

A Brumby

The buck stops here.

It might be the Tin Horse Highway but the Wood ducks control this stretch.

The West Kulin Whopper on the road to Corrigin well after sunset – this sculpture is away from the bulk of the other horse sculptures and the biggest, set off the road in a paddock. The creators said that this horse sculpture is far superior to all the others but were told to get off their high horse.

Overnighting in Corrigin; this is the Corrigin Hotel, our dinner venue.