Post War Soldier Settlements - Exploring, Relics, Fishing,
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Went out to the eastern wheatbelt in Western Australia to explore old abandoned post war soldier settlements. Metal detected around a few sites.
I found a few bits and pieces and donated them to the local museum in the region.
Then went and did a few rounds on a harvester. It the afternoon I attempted to catch yabbies for dinner, this wasn't so successful.
From Wkkipedia
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In Western Australia, the War Service Land Settlement Scheme settled hundreds of soldiers, in the Wheatbelt and south west region.[22] Initially, fully and partially developed farms were bought, improved and subdivided by the government, then sold to returned soldiers Also loans were offered.[23]
In 1949, the price of land rose sharply, so the government began to develop virgin Crown land in the south of the state.
In 1957 a royal commission was conducted into the scheme [24]
By 1958, demand for land by ex-servicemen had declined, but the scheme had been so successful that the government was reluctant to end it, so it instead opened it up to all civilians.[25] This continued until 1969, when a wheat glut forced the government to impose quotas on wheat planting.[26]
The Gilgie
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Reaching a maximum of 130 mm, C. quinquecarinatus is one of the smallest in the genus Cherax. They vary in colour from light to black-brown. Their heads have five keels, two pairs of spines at rostrum, and none on their telsons. Their chelipeds are rounded and narrow and are often speckled. While restricted to southwestern Western Australia, it has the widest distribution in the biogeographic region. It is found in all habitats containing freshwater crayfish, congenors such as Cherax tenuimanus (marron), or the genus Engaewa.[1]
The species has been traditionally hunted by tribes in the region. This involved an elaborate seasonal rituals relating to taboos of eating. This was claimed to have been linked to an early form of environmentalism and sustainability. Family groups (moieties) would establish temporary claim to territory and lay fishtraps and use scoops to gather marron and jilgi. Some tribes travelled great distances to join the hunt and each indigenous group carried unique and particular oral traditions regarding this practice. Indigenous artwork has been shown to actually convey important information about different species and selective harvesting. The Noongar people are also known to have caught and eaten the animal.[2]
In Western Australia, recreational fishing (marroning) includes gilgies in the catch, but it is not considered to be a commercial species.[3]
Friday night viewing sorted👍👍👍
haha ditto.. Got a few queued up for later..
a few sippy cups
OPTIMUS6LTR 😂😂😂my type of lad!
Great content JJ
Always appreciated
Watching now and the fricking cinematics straight off the bat! Wow
Had a bit of time to play around. 🙂
Love how you show yourself not catching anything. Love the honesty justin hahaha. Really loved it mate and the harvester footage i really got into. Damn interesting the farming life
WA Camping Adventures not catching anything was a surprise. These dams are, or usually are full of gilgies. I will be better prepared next time. I will use meat and get traps if I can. Then you need to turn up to make a 5 star meal out of them ;).
When you started prospecting you had a minelab gofind but you changed to the unit you have now was that because the gofind wasn't any good?
Wayne Rodgers I have had a few detectors over the years. The GoFind is a $150 detector, the Equinox 800 is a $1800 state of the art relic detector. You can’t compare them. The gofind is a great detector for what it’s designed to do at its price.
Great video, (like all your videos) Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the complement.. I enjoy the whole process, the traveling, the filming and the editing. I just hope people get something out of it, maybe some travel ideas. I try to show places and things that others dont, or at least in a unique manner.
Share the channel around, keeps me interested as I see more and more people taking a look.
Cheers
Cool opening !
Always look forward to your videos
Thanks Richard, glad you’re like them. Hope it shows people what’s out in these areas and places.
Thanks mate - great video.