Broome to Marble Bar to Newman to Karijini 9/8/08

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In Port Hedland there were Solar Salt Plants and in one of them, there was a hand sticking up, it wasn’t real though. Someone was being cheeky. We went to the petrol station and we saw another Ultimate, then another Ultimate. We didn’t notice at first that they were some friends of ours from Melbourne. So we had a chat to them. At the petrol station we got some Freeza Slurpys which are just like icypoles in a cup. Half lemonade and half raspberry and you had a spoon to eat them with.

At Marble Bar we saw the Jasper that people thought was Marble. You had to bring a bucket to throw water on the Jasper to show up the true colours.

In Newman we went on a mine tour of the open cut mine. It is the largest in the world. They had big machines that were working, but not the big, big trucks. At the information centre we saw the small truck, but even it is quite big. When we went into the mine we saw big trucks, but not the big old ones that are really, really big. The big, big truck you couldn’t climb, but the little one you could when you walked through the museum that was next to the information centre. There was a big crane. You had to climb up the wheel to climb up to the top. We found another like crane that was taller than the other one. You didn’t have to climb up on the tyre, you could climb up the ladder.

In Karijini National Park we stayed two nights. Alex and I did an activity sheet they gave us when we booked in and when we took it back, we got a Karijini National Park Junior Ranger Badge. You can sew it on to something. The gorges are really deep and narrow. We walked through Weano Gorge down to Handrail Pool. You had to climb over rocks and through the really, really, really cold water. When we coming back my Dad was taking photos of my Mum and I, and he found a path that went to side of the water, so you didn’t have to walk through it. When Dad got to the top, he went nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. At Fern Pool it was very cold and fish were in the water. We were told the waterfalls over the far side of the pool were warm, but I didn’t swim over because it was too cold.

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Photos

Marble Bar
Some of the Jasper. See the difference between the wet and dry.

Marble Bar
Caravan Park sign

Newman Visitors Centre
That's a big, big truck

Mt Whaleback Mine
This is me dressed in safety gear for the tour.

Karijini National Park
Fern Pool with waterfalls

Karijini National Park
Mum and I in Weano Gorge. The water was freezing, so we climbed the rock ledge where we could.