This weekend, we (wife and kids) are heading to Tammin to visit mates of ours who live there. It's a nice trip east of Perth along the Great Eastern Highway. There's really nothing in Tammin except open space, dirt, and heat, but it's a great chance to get away and enjoy the wide open spaces and fresh air.
The Nicholls have been working and living (and raising kids) in Tammin for as long as I've known them, which is as long as I've known my wife, which is almost 8 years now.
Here's a bit of history which I dug up from around the place:
A typical, unassuming wheatbelt township
Located 178 km east of Perth, Tammin is a typical wheatbelt town which derives its name from the tammar or tammar wallaby, a small wallaby which was the first Australian marsupial ever sighted by Europeans. The tammar, which only stands about 60 cm, is capable of withstanding droughts of over six months.
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