Tom Price Sunny, 23 degrees. Up early this morning as we had booked a tour of the Tom Price Rio Tinto Mine. We needed to be there at 9.30. Apparently we were very lucky as the tours usually run daily but due to the tour guide breaking his arm last week, there had been no tour for a few days. But luckily they had arranged for a new driver to take the tour for the Sunday. It was very interesting, seeing the huge machinery they use for the mining and the huge...

Karratha to Tom Price Cloudy, about 25 degrees. Up early this morning as we had a very long day ahead of us. We had debated about going on Rio Tinto railway road, which is gravel all the way for about 300 kms. But really the fun bus is not supposed to go long distances on unmade roads, so we were concerned that if something happened we would be forfeiting the deposit of $2500. And also getting stuck there would not be fun. So we had to go the long way around...