23-Oct-2024 -- Driving South from Exmouth to Carnarvon, I crossed the Tropic of Capricorn (at about 23.44 Degrees South), and, not long after passing Minilya Roadhouse, made a short detour to visit this ‘forgotten’ Degree Confluence Point, last visited more than 20 years ago (by the Kevills, in August 2004).

I took the same route as the Kevills: I turned off the highway onto a (gated) dirt road at [-23.97180,114.02602], 4 km from the point. I then continued Southwest along this dirt road for about 2 km, until the road ended at [-23.98493,114.01258], 2 km from the point. My remaining hike (2km each way) was quite easy, across flat, thinly-vegetated terrain - although it was a hot day, with temperatures in the mid 30s C. Fortunately (and unusually for WA) almost no flies bothered me. The point lies at the base of a very dry, dead-looking tree. (I was immediately reminded of [35,-106] in New Mexico, USA; that point also lies at the base of a tree that looks dead, but probably isn’t.) I found it remarkable how dry all of the surrounding vegetation looked, compared to the Kevills’ photos from August 2004, shortly after winter rains.

Here is a remote-controlled aerial video of this confluence point.