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Anyone else wondered where Monkton might be modelled on?
Gus I I also thought it was somewhere between Dally and Yalgoo, Wubin maybe? He is walking from wheat belt through the range lands to Mt Magnet. With the hi…moreI also thought it was somewhere between Dally and Yalgoo, Wubin maybe? He is walking from wheat belt through the range lands to Mt Magnet. With the highway on your left Lake Moore is not too far away. Lake Moore is certainly big enough. But somehow I thought the lake in the book was circular. There are some big hills at the northern end of lake Moore on Ningham station and Mt Gibson reserve. I don't remember those in the book. That whole area from there to the coast is wildflower country.

I'd have to read it again and focus on the geography. The first time I read it, I just let the story take me away.(less)
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The Shepherd's Hut
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