Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Day 20 – 8th June

Happy 10th Birthday to my niece Kiran ;)

Our last night at Cheela Plains was fun… we were treated to some ‘Bush Poetry’ around the camp fire as well as the opportunity to learn how to crack a whip.  Surprisingly, none of us were bleeding after that… I was sure Aiden at least would spill some claret ;) 


Today we cracked the 3000km mark driving to Paraburdoo then on to Tom Price.  There is a grand total of one caravan park in town so our choices were somewhat limited.  Luckily, the park is quite nice with lots of shady trees and a pretty cool view.  This is our camp site:  



Once the camp was set up it was time for some exploration.  Today’s agenda was Mt Nameless, a decent peak that dominates the skyline of Tom Price… 



The track to the top was pretty steep… 


Yes, this is coming back down not going up… Dave reckons it felt steeper than this photo looks…


From the top the views were pretty special.  The first photo overlooks the Rio Tinto mine 


You can see the Tom Price town behind the kids 



Finally, a photo showing my favourite view from the top.  No distinguishing features or buildings, just a valley that I really liked the look of…


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