IRON ORE TRAIN

TOM PRICE TO BROOME

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June 8th 2010
TOM PRICE TO BROOME Wednesday 2nd June, we had 420km to go today so we left early. Some of the scenery of the Mungaroo Range were just as good as the Hamersley Range on the way up. After lunch we got held up for about half an hour, with a very large, ( 9 mtrs high and 15 mtrs wide ) mining rig section being delivered by road to one of the mines. There were 4 trucks in total in the convoy ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Broome

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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... ... read more