Hello all
Well what a weekend ! On Saturday we (Me Charlie & The Kids) went fishing in a water hole on the Dougald River near Jessievale and had a great day, one or two beers and a bit of a swim. I even caught a cat fish !
Today we went on a tour around Ernest Henry Mine. We left Jessievale at 7am and went to Mt Roseby to pick up Brandon (another ringer). On the way we passed a few cattle on the road as we always do. Generally when you get close to the cattle you drive either in between them ar to one side and get them to run off the road. On this occasion, the cdattle all ran off the road nicely and into the trees . . . all except one, that decided rather than run into the trees it would run back onto the road a a 90 degree angle to the car. We were doing around 65km p/h and simply didn't have time to stop. We hit the cow on the near side fron of the bull bar. The bull bar bent onto the bonnet of the car and ben the wing.
Thankfully the damage wasn't enought to put the car our of action and we continued on the the mine.
It this and open cut copper mine and the hole is 490m deep !! Very very deep. The trucks tires are 3.5m tall and cost $35000 each. Thats about GBP17000 ! It really is mining on a massive scale. Take a look at the pictures.
This week we a mustering and branding all week so will be pretty tired next time I write to you all.
Hope all is well in the UK
Love Ed
xx