Marble Bar

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Both of us are now in the lucky position of working when we want to and where we want. Great to be able to choose. Later, we will relate our adventures around the State as we have purchased a 6.5m caravan (camper trailer for you in USA) which will be our home away from home.

On Sunday, 30th March Rags flew to Port Hedland (1600km north) and then drove 200km NE into the desert to Marble Bar. This town now has a population of about 300, mainly aboriginal people. Marble Bar is reputed to be the hottest town in Australia and didn't let its reputation down as it was in the high 30s C every day that week.

Rags was employed by the local school to show the teachers how to use computers efficiently in their day to day teaching. He found that even though they have the infrastructure to deliver this learning, the equipment was very under-utilised. By the end of the week he felt he had at least given them some ideas and encouragement. The teachers have been left to expand their repertoire in Term 2, with the school booking both of us to return for a fortnight early in Term 3 to consolidate the learning.

Below are some photos of the town and the area around it. Marble Bar was the centre of a gold mining area in the early 1900s and now is mainly a service town for the few cattle stations around and for the maintenance of the roads and telecommunications.

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Photos

The roadhouse/motel
At the northern entrance to the town

"The" accommodation
$120/night for this

Chinaman Pool
Rags' Troopy. Note how green the grass is after a little bit of rain!

The Bar
The rock was mistakenly called marble hence Marble Bar. It is actually jasper.

Flying Fox hill
There is still the remains of the cable across what is a river during the cyclone season

Comet Mine
Now a tourist attraction

Marble Bar school
Four classrooms from K- 12.

Wall of remembrance
Plaques with details of the early settlers

Comments

[pat]

tripping Australia
Looks pretty desolate. I do like the UT. What is the fuel milage? Be safe and look out for stunned mullets. It is your turn...Nudge

[Weggs]

Ute
It's the school troopie so I have no idea what the fuel economy was like. We are having problems with the tags for the photos from 7 onwards. can you see these labels? or numbered labels?