Rick on the Nullarbor with Graeme's Holden, #DFY527 and my VW, #CLM174 track from Mundrabilla to Forrest and Reid, on the Trans rail line, returning from the 1964-65 ASF Conference in Perth Mouldy File #23

On our way back from the ASF Conference in Perth, Jan. 1965, we took a detour from Mundrabilla up to the Trans line and followed it for a bit. Here we see Graeme's old Holden EJ and my 1964 something Beetle. We traveled in the opposite direction in 2009 www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/4081780919/ See p97 The Mundrabilla meteorite was still out here somewhere.. museum.wa.gov.au/research/collections/earth-and-planetary... In April 1966, two large masses estimated to be 10-12 tonnes and 4-6 tonnes, later named Mundrabilla, were found approximately 200 yards (ca. 183 m) apart and described by the finders R. B. Wilson and A. M. Cooney. The 12.4 tonne main mass (recently accurately weighed) of the Mundrabilla meteorite shower is the largest meteorite yet found in Australia. In all, some 22 tonnes of fragments of this ancient meteorite shower have been recovered. see.. we searched for this one.. with the GSWA in 1965. In 1963, the prospector Mr T. Dimer claimed that he could locate an enormous iron meteorite that was reputed to be 'as big as a motor car'. Rumours of a large meteorite on the Nullarbor had evidently circulated since at least 1944. Two expeditions to locate it were conducted during the 1960s but remained unsuccessful. However, in April 1966, close to the Trans-Australian Railway Line 16km north of Mundrabilla, two massive masses estimated to be 10-12t and 4-6t were discovered. museum.wa.gov.au/explore/articles/meteorite-collection See old river systems of the Nullarbor.. www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2013/01/nullarbor-on...