Fletchers Crossing (Lyons River) - WA

This is a major crossing of the Lyons River on the Cobra Gifford Creek Road, the access track to Mount Augustus from Minilya Roadhouse on the Great Northern, or from the Kennedy Ranges.The causeway is of concrete construction.NAMED AFTER FRED FLETCHER WHO CAME FROM MAYLANDS, PERTH IN 1951 AS A TEENAGER. WORKED FOR BRUCE AND JILL BOND AND THEIR FAMILY ON EDMUND STATION. WITH SHIRE'S APPROVAL MADE A TWO WHEEL TRACK ON TIE LYONS RIVER CROSSING, FOR ALL VEHICLES TO GET THROUGH. HE AN A WORK MATE. FRED BASHFORD DROVE KILOMETRES WITH SHOVEL, WHEELBARROW AND CEMENT, IN THE EARLY FIFTIES. WHEN HE LEFT EDMUND STATION HE BECAME A PROFESSIONAL ROO SHOOTER FOR 28 YEARS. FRED RETIRED AND HE AND HIS FAMILY SETTLED *GASCOYNE JUNCTION WHERE HE PURCHASED A SMALL PROPERTY. PASSED AWAY IN HIS SLEEP IN 1998 AGED 64.