TUES 26.11.2013: Continued on our way down Route 107 - the vista has changed from fields of grass trees to fields of wheat. When leaving Wagin we took photos of the tin horses - did not really appreciate their significance till we reached Kulin.
Passed through Dumbleyung (population 223). Dumbleyung's name is of Aboriginal origin, coming from "Dambeling" which possibly means "large lake or inland sea". The lake nearby was discovered and named Dambeling Lake by explorers Henry Landor and Henry Maxwell Lefroy in 1843. Lake Dumbleyung is where Donald Campbell set the World Water Speed record in 1964.
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| DUMBLEYUNG TAVERN |
Final stop for the day was Kulin. The first European known to have visited the Kulin area was Captain John Septimus Roe, Surveyor General of the Swan River Colony on his 1848-49 expedition to examine the south coast. Although artifacts such as grinding stones and stone choppers have been found in the district, no signs of permanent occupation were found by early settlers other than the mia-mias built by "Europeanised" Aboriginal shepherds from Narrogin. Jilakin had been the original name of the location and in 1913 - in 1915 it was changed to Kulin.
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| KULIN HOTEL |
After refreshments at the Kulin Hotel we made our way to the Recreation Centre and adjoining car park come old netball courts allocated for free camping.
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