Description

Poison Creek (part of the Agnew Loop Trial). Poison Creek is a classic rangelands watercourse, lined with gnarled yet graceful rivergums. It is well worth walking the 500 metres downstream from the parking area to the main pool in the creek bed. Because of its depth this pool retains water for longer than most, making it highly attractive to travellers, past and present. The old well, some 200 metres beyond the site, is also worth investigating. Sometime in the late 1890s James Nicolas (of Cobb & Co fame) registered 'Business Area 23' adjacent to the pool here. This quickly became a change-station on the Lawlers-Leonora coach route, and by 1902 the premises had become a licensed inn. It is not known how long the inn here was in operation, though it would have continued to serve as a staging post at least until vehicles replaced coaches in 1910. It is thought the inn may have been situated near the old well, some 200 metres north of the parking area.