We are back on the black top now, well for a little while. Said goodbye to our travel companions , what a wonderful adventure we had together, a chance meeting that we would find such amazing people so comparable with us in such a short time., we will keep in touch.
We arrived in Newman , a mining town in the east Pilbara region. Home of Mt Whaleback the largest single open-cut Iron Ore mine in the world, the Mt Whaleback seam is approximately 1.6 billion tonnes. It is currently 5.5km long and 2km wide.
We went for a mine tour which was eyeopening as it is hard to imagine the size of these mines untill you see them in person.
We stayed at Karijini National Park and walked some of the trails, exausting! but beautiful down in the gorges where there is water, as there is not much around anywhere else. The water in Karijini leaches from the artesian basin which feeds the creeks and falls.
Ariving at Karratha was a change to see the ocean as we have been away from the coast for a while. Karratha is a mining port where the iron ore comes by rail to be loaded on ships for export. As a continuance we did a port tour of Rio Tinto's Port Lambert facility. this tour was also facinating as we were taken right into the facility whilst it is operating. We also toured historic Cossack
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| End of our Gunbarrel Highway adventure |
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| Haul truck at Newman |
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| Mt Whaleback Iron Ore mine |
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| Operations at Mt Whaleback |
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| Karijini National Park |
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| circular pool at Karijini National Park |
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| Red Dog statue at Dampier |
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| sunset at Karratha |
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