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We are staying in a free camp which is on the site of a former town that was built in rapid time to allow the mining crews to come in and start digging for Uranium.
Ore was discovered by some prospectors whose truck broke down. One bloke Norm McConaghy walks of in disgust leaving his mate Clem Walton to fix the truck. Luckily, North took the Geiger Counter with him, and Lo and behold, the counter goes off the dial. Luckily for Regina and Ian because now we have this fantastic camp site. The mine ran from shortly after discovery in 1954 until 1982 when the miners packed up their toys and went home. This included all the houses and public buildings for a town of 1,100 souls. They left the concrete slabs of the buildings, so the site is like a giant caravan park but way better. The slabs are widely separated and Way fewer people than a caravan park because there are no amenities.
Great place for sight seeing, bike riding and relaxing.Read more