Karratha to Marble Bar

Salt ponds on the roadside on the way to Dampier.....In ther background train carriages filled with Iron Ore which is being transported to Dampier's Port for export

 Statue of RED DOG ..... 'The Pilgara Wanderer' 

The Iron Ore being loaded onto a large ship

 This sculpture outside the North West Shelf Gas Tourist Information Centre.........

serves as a reminder of those workers who lost their lives or were seriously

injured on the North West Shelf Gas Project

 The onshore facilities of the North West Gas Venture

 

Sunset at Cleaverville Beach....across the Indian Ocean to Dampier's Gas Plant

July 4 2012..... full moon rising over the hills behind Cleaverville Beach

Small township of Cossack, near Karatha, had the restored historical buildings of its hayday....down on the riverfront in the middle of photo is our motorhome.....where we enjoyed lunch  

The renovated Court House is now the Museum

 Roebourne's renovated Prison complex

What happened to the Whim Creek Hotel?..............closed!

More Iron Ore.......this time being loaded from Port Hedland Harbour Port

 Salt, salt and more salt...........Rio Tinto's Salt mine in Port Hedland

On the way to Marble Bar a group of termite mounds with 'Miner's Hats' 

Camped along Gorge Creek..........Chris washed the motorhome and I washed clothes

Our camp beside the Gorge Creek just north of Marble Bar

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MARBLE BAR WA.......................



The bar across the river is Jasper Stone............strikingly brilliant colours

Marble Bar's Iron Clad Hotel.... ?? as to whether it was named after one of the earliest Gold Mines 'The Ironclad' or because it is clad in corrugated iron

 Marble Bar's temperature.....29.5 degrees - 11.45am, July 8 2012....

Yes it is the middle of winter here in Australia! 

The Marble Bar's historic Government Building has been undergoing renovations for the past 3 half years................built from local stone in 1985 the building still provides accommodation for Government Departments 

The water tank on Water Tank Lookout

Here in the Pilbara Region of WA the wattle is blooming everywhere......

here it creates a beautiful avenue of colour