No sooner did we hit the bitumen after leaving Tambina creek, we came across a mine site and then the road changed into gravel. We had about 82 km of unsealed road to get into Marble Bar. We were fortunate not to meet any road trains but a few 4x4's on this rough gravel road. Saw two dead camels in a gravel pit. The scenery heading into Marble Bar was just absolutely stunning. The first place we went to when entering Marble Bar was the Flying Fox lookout. This f...

What is the Pilbara known for? Iron Ore…. But what is it famous for? Red Dog….. So prior to entering the Pilbara we decided to watch the movie 'Red Dog'. Last time we were in the Pilbara we visited the Red Dog Statue in Dampier, but this year we are setting a goal to find where Red Dog is buried. Lets see if we can achieve this mission. After travelling 5900 km and nearly seven weeks since we left home, we have finally hit some decent weather. We will have ...

Leinster, the home of the Wedge Tail Eagle, is a BHP mining town supporting the nickel mine. Stopped here for fuel, the town has a lot of donga's for the miners' accommodation but also provide for families, with schools, health facilities etc. You can dine at the Miners Mess for $20 a head but as we arrived at lunchtime, we decided to press on. From Leinster we head west towards Mt Magnet. We camped the night at Peter Denny Lookout, 30km east of Sandstone, and ...

We woke to it pouring with rain, so we weren't in any hurry to hit the road. The morning was spent doing computer work, updating the blog before heading into Kalgoorlie for lunch. We certainly are rugged up, it is still pouring with rain, 16 degrees and with the wind going right through our bodies. To cross the road to get to the supermarket we had to jump over fast flowing rivers of water, so we found another supermarket out of town, which was much easier and ac...

Sunday morning we left Kimba and stopped at Minnipa for the night. On the way we called into all the towns, which were like ghost towns, as it is a long weekend and everything was closed. Before lunch we arrived at Minnipa and headed a couple of kilometres out of town to Tcharkuldu Hill, which is a granite rock formation. We did an easy walk up to the top of the hill, before we had lunch and decided to camp the night. We met another couple, Carol and Tommy from G...