Blogs from Marble Bar, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Marble Bar July 5th 2023

Well its 6 months living in the van and 15,000 klms so far, it really doesn't seem that long more like a couple of months. Left Tambina Creek around 9.00am and headed for Marble Bar, we hit about 40klm of really bad dirt road, extremely rough with pot holes, rocks etc but finally made it into The Bar around 10.30a.m. Caravan park is adequate and at least we have water and power so did about 4 loads of washing and filled our tanks up, packed in like sardines though I guess with the annual races on everyone comes into town. Marble Bar is set amongst hills and rocks and quite a pretty little place, said to be the hottest town in Australia thats what they tell us on all their signs. It had 161 consecutive days ... read more

Millstream-Chichester to Marble Bar

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Marble Bar June 15th 2012

Wittenoom

australianidyll

Yesterday, June 14th, we left Karijini early and drove towards Munjina Roadhouse. The road around there is very scenic, very close to dramatic hills with chunky red tops. Past Munjina, we drove along the Hamersley Ranges towards Wittenoom (the almost-ghost-town). The road passes close to the town and we could see a number of houses still there. There is an asbestos warning sign prior to the town. We continued on to the Millstream-Chichester National Park, and had a look at the Millstream homestead and the lovely pool and lush vegetation around it. We had a swim in the Fortescue river from Deepreach Point (a very good access point for swimming) before camping at the Stargazers campground. A few things had been shaken in the camper during the day's drive, which had been quite a lot of ... read more

Marble Bar Caravan Park for Two Weeks

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Marble Bar June 21st 2009

Bill wanted a photo of us so he took this one!

Weggs

We thought we wouldn’t have enough new material to write about Marble Bar but we discovered places we hadn’t been before. We pulled into the Caravan Park just after lunch. It was obvious immediately that things were different with the new owners. We were told to park anywhere we liked so we spent some time deciding on our preferred aspect. It was interesting to see little caravans in spots best for the larger vans. Hopefully a big van won't come in and not be able to park! Working at the school almost felt like we hadn’t been away with most of the children remembering us from last year. There have been some staff changes and in fact Judy discovered on the first day that the new young Canadian teacher was there because of an email she’d ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name...more history

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