Naval Communication Centre - Indian Ocean

These VLF towers are huge, about 400 metres (1200 Feet) straight up. The US and Australian Navies use them for shore to submarine communications. VLF is the only data/radio frequency that penetrates the ocean surface, the catch is it is really, really, really slow. Normally it is only used to advise the sub to come to the surface to capture satellite traffic.

Head South, Young Man (and Hen)

July 29th 2007
On our day in Tom Price we did not go very far due to Bruce’s wing being clipped. We went on an organised tour of the Pilbra Iron Ore mine in the town. The town was built around the mine when Iron Ore was discovered back in the 1960’s when a couple of blokes doing a survey flew past in a helicopter and checked out some dark coloured rock formations. The town now has 4,000 residents, plus ma ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia

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... ... read more

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