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- Carawine Gorge to Karijini Map.
Carawine Gorge in the morning is spectacular.
The Oakover River cuts through the red sandstone of the southern part of the Ripon Hills to create a magnificent gorge and swimming hole.
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- Carrawine Gorge in the morning.
Before hitting the bitumen at the end of the Carawine Gorge track we stopped to inflate tyres.
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- Inflating tyres just before driving onto the Woodie Woodie Road.
Carrie took off along Woodie Woodie Road on her morning run, wtih Nick following in the Jeep.
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- Carrie kept up her routine of morning runs.
Once on the bitumen out of Carawine Gorge it was a fast run along the Ripon Hills Road through some of the most beautiful scenery in the east Pilbara.
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- Ripon Hills Road.
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- Road train operating out of Woodie Woodie.
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- Follow the white line.
On arrival in Marble Bar the word over the radio was that there was no fuel in town. That furphy was soon debunked and we all lined up at the Marble Bar Travellers Rest servo.
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- Marble Bar sign.
The planned drink at Marble Bar’s iconic Ironclad Hotel had to be abandoned as the pub didn’t open till midday.
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- Iron Clad Hotel, Marble Bar.
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- Long way from anywhere.
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- Australia’s hottest town.
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- Greg had to install a new battery in his Colorado.
We headed out to the famous ‘marble’ bar across the Coongan River, a few kilometres west of town. The bar is comprised of jasper.
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- Marble Bar Pool on the Coongan River.
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- The jasper bar.
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- The jasper bar that was the source of the name for Marble Bar.
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- The bar
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- At the Bar.
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- The bar
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- The bar
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- Helen pours water over the jasper to bring out the colours.
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- Jasper
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- Jasper Bar
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- Bar of jasper at Marble Bar.
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- Jasper Bar
Further down the Coongan River is Chinaman Pool, a great spot to stop for lunch.
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- Chinaman Pool
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- Finding shade for lunch at Chinaman Pool.
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- Nesting bird.
The Comet Mining Museum is just a few kilometres out of Marble Bar.
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- Comet Mine Museum
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- Comet Mine
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- Underground railway ore trolleys.
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- The adit to the Comet Mine.
Leaving Comet Mine the road trip continued south west through station country, duelling with road trains hauling ore from various mines until we hit the Great Northern Highway and headed south towards Auski Roadhouse.
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- Hillside Road in the vicinity of the Shaw River.
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- Near the Shaw River.
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- Causeway
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- Cattle country.
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- Hillside Road
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- Hillside Road
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- Driving through the Black Range on the Hillside Road.
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- Lots of road trains on this stretch of road.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Marble Bar to Auski.
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- Shadows over the Pilbara.
At Auski we refuelled and showered before heading off to Karijini.
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- Turnoff to Karijini.
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- Turnoff to Dales Gorge Campsite.
On arrival at Dales Campground we were confronted by ‘Campground Full’ signs. Fortunately there was an ‘overflow’ campsite.
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- Camp in the overflow area.
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- Joe, Jeff and Steve enjoying themselves.
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- Steve is comfortable.
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- Kirk interviews Nick.
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- Kim giving briefing.
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