Happy New year for 2025

[Thruster88]

Interesting place, what were they mining just south of Coodardy? Is that an abandoned railway running to Cue? Is the mine strip still usable. 

[onetrack]

Thruster88, the Big Bell Mine is a large, old-established gold mine just S of Coodardy, and it has produced huge amount of gold over more than 120 years of operations. It is still in operation today, but it has had periods of inactivity, largely due to low gold prices or financial problems of the mine owners/operators.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bell_Gold_Mine

 

The Big Bell Hotel was a mainstay of the area for many years, and even abandoned today, it's still impressive.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syL77b0b_HA

 

And yes, there was a rail line running at one time from Cue to Big Bell. See "Railway" in the link below.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bell,_Western_Australia

 

 

[Moneybox]

I didn't really have to look at the forecast for my flying next weekend but I decided to look anyway.

 

 

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[BrendAn]

6 hours ago, Moneybox said:

I didn't really have to look at the forecast for my flying next weekend but I decided to look anyway.

 

 

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Looks ok.