Hard hats

Tour of Rio Tinto's Tom Price mine.
Hard hats and safety goggles for everyone.
Massive tip trucks with wheels as high as a bus.
A whole mountain removed and replaced with a massive hole with highly acidic water in the bottom....ultimate plan is to make it into a fresh water lake.
Very high grade iron ore...crushed and then loaded automatically into train carriages....the trains are 2 and a half km long....loaded as it moves forward at 1.5km per hour....when loaded it is automated to take itself 500km to the port to set sail for China....amazing, ugly, very few people to be seen....must all be in control rooms.
Tennis on brand new courts....just opened yesterday....we were the first guests to use the courts...we were the only ones there.

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  1. Unknown21 April 2021 at 21:13

    A whoppa hole.

    Judy & I walked up to the top from camp ground late one evening & peered down.(2009).

    Cheers, Ken & Judy Woodward

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  2. Ruth23 April 2021 at 01:19

    What a brilliant time you are having. The gorges look incredible. Lucky kids xx

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