Weather is warm and sunny.
We start our drive South today. First stop was to check out the abandoned
town of Cossack, East of Karratha.
Cossack was originally the home to pearling in WA (in the late 1800’s), before
being abandoned because the port kept silting up making it too difficult to
navigate. (Actually mother of pearl for
buttons, furniture inlays etc, not pearls.)
We continued to the town of Roebourne which originally flourished due to
the port at Cossack. Not much there
these days, but we checked out the old jail.
We have two choices for travelling South
today/tomorrow. First, the Dampier Tom
Price Railway Rd, for which we need a permit; and second the Roebourne
Wittenoom Rd. To cover our bases, we sat
through the 20 minute induction video to get the necessary Railway Rd permit, but decided
to start off on the other road. This
turned out to be the right decision today as the scenery was amazing. Particularly great views as we headed through
Pyramid Station and towards the Chichester Millstream NP.
The gorge at Python Pool was impressive, but we were
disappointed that our planned camping spot at nearby Snake Creek was closed
off. We had no choice but to proceed on
to Crossing Pool near Millstream.
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| They breed them big in the West. This decommissioned 400 tonne truck, including load, operated from 1978 to 1992 at Pannawonica. It hauled iron ore from pit face to loading facility, travelling 1,185,000 km, hauling 40,319,000 tonnes in 237,170 loads. |
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| Rear view of the same truck dwarfs Clive |
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| Old Cossack school house |
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| Clive trying his hand in jail |
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| Great lunch spot. We contemplated camping here but we really weren't far enough down the road. |
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| This hawk was happy to pose for a photo |
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Travelling through Pyramid Station -
obviously Mt Pyramid on the left |
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| No, it's not piles of rubble.... well it is, but this is what the hills and mountains are made of round here. Quite bizarre. |
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| Chichester Millstream NP |
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| Chichester Millstream NP |
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| Python Pool |
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| Chichester Millstream NP views |
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