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Holland Track
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Coolgardie
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600km
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An easy track to negoiate in the dry months, though during
the winter it will become impassable. There are a lot of bog holes which
predominatley occur at the N/E end and S/W sections after the Bounty Gold
Mine. You can come from Coolgardie or as it is just down the road The Cave
Hill and Burra Rock track.
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StreetSmart ® Travellers Atlas 9th Edition
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Map 81
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Grid Ref D / 1
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The track is well sign posted at HT01 which veers off Queen
Victoria Road. At the first junction turning right will take you to Thursday
Rock and give you an indication of what to expect with regards to track
conditions.
Heading S/W and onto Diamond Rock is fairly easy as the track runs
through sandy soils except for the area between HT17 and HT31 where there are a
series of bogholes.
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HT05 Thursday Rock
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HT03 Typical track
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HT06 Small salt lake
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HT08 Diamond Rock
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HT11 Typical track
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HT14 Newbey Rocks
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HT13 Camping
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HT19 Diff scrape (low clearance)
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HT20 Campsite
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Most of the bogholes have a detour track around
them. There are one or two down near the mines that don,t. A camper trailer
may be alright in the summer/spring months but will get you into trouble if it
rains. Do some further research if you intend to take a trailer. The
section of track from HT20 to the Barrier Spur is fairly easy going except for some
minor muddy sections (HT31 / 25) There are also a lot of large campsite areas
along this stretch.
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HT23 Elevated campsite
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HT25 Bogholes
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HT27Campsite
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After the Barrier Spur you will come to a sidetrack (HT36)
that will take you to Sandalwood Rocks, which is about a 1KM detour. Continuing
along that track will bring back to Holland Track (HT39)
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HT37 Sandalwood Rocks
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HT30 Typical track
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HT35 Barrier spur
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After Sandalwood Rocks the Mallee Fowl could be seen if
your lucky. The tracks around the Bounty Mine and Forrestonia Southern Cross
road can be muddy gravel with washouts at some spots in winter. There is a very
good campsite that is elevated at HT41.
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Malle Fowl
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HT40 Typical track
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HT41 Elevated campsite
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Leaving the mines proximity you will come to Wattle, Native
and Sheoak Rocks. After these points the track crosses the Hyden Norseman road
and then through the State Barrier fence (HT55). After Emu Rocks (HT56) the
tracks becomes a formed gravel road.
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HT54 Rock pool
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HT55 State Barrier fence
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HT56 Emu Rock plaque
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