Day 4 - Tom Price

Glen's cousin Todd Mazza, and his family, have lived in Tom Price for 15 years.  So today we head in for a visit as Todd has the day off and we need to wash and buy some groceries.  The 100km drive in through the Hamersley Ranges is just beautiful, a very different scenery to what we have witnessed to Newman.  Tom Price is nestled amongst the ranges and it is a thriving mining community with 2 primary schools and one DHS and every possible recreational activity facility that you could imagine.  We plan to wash at the laundromat and get fuel at the cheapest servo, well, guess what???......no laundromat and only one servo!!  Luckily Todd and Leanne are happy for us to do our washing at their place.  The kids befriend Kovu the shitsu, who took quite a liking to Tori's socks and tried to take on Glen !!!

Todd was kind enough to give us a tour of the town, both Leanne and the girls work on Saturday, so we visit them, then Todd drives us up to Mt Nameless, the tallest accessible mountain in WA.  Well, not being a huge lover of heights I have a quiet panic in the backseat on the way up a very rough and very steep ascent, reassuring Shannae that it is just fine and that these guys drive up here all the time.  The view from the top is spectacular, Tom Price on one side and the mine on the other.  We would love to know how Todd and Leanne fared at the annual fun run up Mt Nameless on Sunday morning!!!....not a job for the faint hearted!!!

The top of Mt Nameless

It is great to catch up with the Mazza'a and we get back to camp before the cows and the rest of the wildlife start making their way across the road!!!