This morning we were booked in to go on the Mt Whaleback mine tour in Newman. This mine is the largest open cut iron ore mine in the world. It is just amazing. The mine started in 1968 and they believe it still has 20-30 years left in it with increased production predicted in the near future. The size and statistics of fuel consumption and money made, weight of vehicles, costs of spare tyres etc is just mine blowing and has to be seen to be believed. They took us up to a look out which over looked the whole mine. An amazing sight to see.
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| These tyres weigh nearly 5 tonne each and cost $40000, imagine having to change a flat!! |
Anyway, after the tour ended at around 11:30 we headed for Karijini with only 230km ahead of us. We decided to take the punt and see if we could get a spot at Dales's Gorge, lucky for us there were places available so we set up camp for a few nights. No phone service, no internet, no newspapers and no tv.........blissful!!!
Love that pun Nat - "mine" blowing!! Does sound amazing.
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