Australia Outback : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 1 Australia Outback Arriving in Mt Isa…Outback Queensland
Slide 2 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 2 Cloncurry is an
Outback Mining Town
Slide 3 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 3 This is the street I lived in in Cloncurry. It was a 25 minute walk to school
From here every morning, in blistering heat dodging dogs.
Slide 4 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 4 Cloncurry is where gold is mined in open cut mines. A mining town is set up
And the miners live in the towns and travel to work in a company bus.
Slide 5 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 5 Mines use huge trucks to cart the ore to the processing plant.
See the size of the Car and the truck to appreciate the large size.
Slide 6 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 6 The ore is processed, and the end result is piled in large piles called Slag Piles.
Here a moving belt transports the ore to the crusher.
Slide 7 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 7 The large crane lifts the ore to the Processing plant to be processed for gold.
The crushed ore is mixed with arsenic and the gold is extracted from the rock.
Slide 8 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 8 I visited the mine on a tour. Here we are all dressed in the Mine Safety clothes
Slide 9 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 9 This is the land where the mine is located at Cloncurry. You can see it is all desert
Slide 10 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 10 I traveled with Glen, the Uniting Church Flying Minister who travels a large
Area in his Cessna, to provide church services for those that wish to attend Church.
Slide 11 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 11 This is the town of Bulia where we went for Sunday Service. There was only
One attendant, but the service still took place.
Slide 12 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 12 The towns water supply from a large tank. Much water is collected when it rains
In Summer, and also some water comes from Underground .
Slide 13 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 13 The Outback has some spectacular Sunsets and sunrises
Slide 14 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 14 Local Members from the Lions Club work to raise money for the Community.
This was a barbecue run nationally by the Lions Club.
Slide 15 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 15 Laying the Wreath at the Anzac Ceremony on the 25th April to remember
The soldiers who served their country during the War.
Slide 16 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 16 Three minutes silence to remember the fallen soldiers. Then the Reveille is
Sounded and the flag is lowered to half mast.
Slide 17 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 17 The Outback Races are a highlight, and popular event. All go to have a bet
on the horses as they race down the dusty track
Slide 18 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 18 Yes, it is very dusty as the horses race past the finish line
Slide 19 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 19 The local school teachers dress up in their finery to attend the Social event
of the Races
Slide 20 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 20 I, too, had to go to the Races. Here I am with two of the teachers.
Slide 21 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 21 A strapper leads the horse to the show circle for parading, before the race starts
Slide 22 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 22 A Massey Ferguson Tractor with metal wheels at the Cloncurry Museum
Slide 23 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 23 Gold Mine Indicator, or underground tunnel Furphys Farm Water cart
Slide 24 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 24 Antique Hay Cutter. You can see the metal tractor in the background.
All Museum items were displayed outdoors
Slide 25 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 25 My vegetable Garden at the
Cloncurry School.
I grew beans, and pumpkins
successfully from seeds.
Because it was hot, the
Garden had to be hand watered
Everyday.
Slide 26 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 26 There are no bees in Cloncurry. The pumpkin flowers had to be hand fertilized.
However, there was a butterfly.
Slide 27 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 27 Booroola in the Northern
Territory was a mining
area that had to be
reached by small plane
From Darwin I went on a tour of the Mines, and they
Dressed us in the safety clothes and boots,
the miners wore
Slide 28 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 28 This is the Mine area of BHP Iron Ore Mine in Newman in West Australia.
The Mining town is set up when the mine starts, and closes when the ore runs out
Slide 29 : Marguerite Carstairs 2010 Active English 29 Looking at the BHP Mine in Newman. The land is red with iron.
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