DAY 146 - 13/07/2010 - Newman, WA

Warren and Alicia went on the BHP mine tour this morning. As mentioned before, this mine is the largest single open cut mine in the world. They were taken to the top of the mine and were able to look down into the mine itself. They also saw some of the machinery used in the mines.

As we suspected the loud noise that we heard yesterday was in fact an explosion. The guide had confirmed this to them during the mine tour.

Taylah, Lilly and I stayed home doing jigsaw puzzles. Lilly kept pulling it apart and Taylah and I kept putting it back together again.

We spent the rest of the day lazing around. The girls played with other kids outside and I managed to continue updating our blog site.

In the late afternoon we drove up to Telecom Hill lookout and got a birds eye view of the town of Newman. Its pretty neat for a mining town. Much nicer than Port Hedland.

We had a drink with our neighbours BJ and Mel. They are on a short trip from Perth. Taylah has been playing with their son Maverick.