Our next field trip will be to Reece Dam, on the Pieman River, to check out some of the recently burnt areas on the west coast, on Saturday the 26th of April 2025.
Reece Dam is on the Pieman Road approximately 4 km east of Heemskirk Road, or 40 km west of the Murchison Hwy. The camping area is near the boat ramp, a little further along the road east of the dam.
I’ve been getting conflicting information about whether the camping area is shut. The Hydro page says that the road and the camping area are both shut, but I haven’t been able to get a clear answer from them, as the road has now been open for a while. I will check with Hydro closer to the date and update here if there are any issues.
Hi , Im new to the site, thinking of coming down for the day for the trip, I thought I saw a list of things to bring, but I cant locate it now so maybe I dreamed it…I am a beginner looking for tips, I have a gold monster that I havnt really used yet , except for in a kids sand pit, have my pans, rock sieves, and ive joined this site. Is there a membership that needs to be paid? Im really glad that this group gets together so newbies can learn.
My plan is to look around for osmiridium so I’ll be taking panning and metal-detecting gear.
Some waders or wetsuit pants to stand in the creek, post-hole shovel, panning dish, crevicing tool if you have one, snuff bottles or a small bucket for concentrate, plastic scoop, finds pouch or bottle.
Hi all..reece dam getting close,its one of the nicest camp spots around..it use to be the old hydro base an camp when building the dam,club will bring a porta loo,camp fires are aloud now ,pretty central to lots of prospecting,paradise,corrinna,zeehan museum etc,ill try to be there Thursday arvo an check if gate is open,if not we will have plan b
Cheers
I’ve been wanting to explore the Wilson River since reading about it on the apple isle prospector 6 years ago and it didn’t disappoint. Beautiful spot and there’s gold there but its pretty good at hiding!
Hi there, huge thanks to everyone for letting me join you on this amazing weekend, really enjoyed it, all the stories by the fire and the day out prospecting, it was amazing meeting you all. Went back on Sunday and managed to get some gold in that pan couldn’t wish for more .
I m working my way down along the west coast and will try to have an other go sometime soon .
couldn’t wish for more .