Paynes Find – the truth
20 October 2015
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Cue wasn’t far. Just 80 k from Mt Magnet but in the wrong direction ie north, up the Great Northern Highway, back towards Newman and
Cue wasn’t far. Just 80 k from Mt Magnet but in the wrong direction ie north, up the Great Northern Highway, back towards Newman and
God? Gold? The meaning of life? – Nah!. But we’ll get to that. From Geraldton we headed east – Mullewa, Pindar, Yalgoo, Mt Magnet. All places
Quobba Station sounded like a good place to park up for the night, particularly as it was off the beaten track after taking in the
And a little bit north. Back down the coastal highway from Karratha generally heading south we decided we should check out Onslow, cos its on
If you’ve seen the movie you’ll know we’re in Dampier. For those of you who haven’t seen the movie we are in Dampier. Near Karratha, Cossack and
Karijini National Park was next in line for our attention. Didn’t know what to expect but it was on the road back to the coast
T’was about 1953 that iron ore was discovered at Mt Newman. But a federal embargo on iron ore mining (or was that exporting) meant that
From Marble Bar it was back up 175km to Port Hedland, a place we’d heard of, seen on TV but needed to see. Bloody amazing!
The place is called Marble Bar cos they thought it was. It ain’t. It’s jasper…. Marble Bar is supposedly Australias’ hottest town. It is winter
Finally departed Derby, heading for Broome. Had a call from Xavier and Brenda to tell us they were at PCYC, an overflow van park in
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