11th October
Mining is a huge industry in this part of the country, particularly around the area of Tom Price, which we drove through today.
This is a big mining truck they have on display. It was used in the mines here in the early 1990’s.
We drove past this huge mine today just outside of Tom Price.
They mainly mine iron-ore here, as the Pilbara has some of the most extensive deposits of banded iron-ore in the world. We saw evidence of this in Karijini National Park just yesterday.
The Travelling Dixons 