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... based on radio-carbon dating of associated deposits) and may well be tens of thousands of years old. Individual engravings number in the hundreds of thousands, and possibly into the millions!<br><br>The Peninsula is now also home to more recent human activity, to which the kids had mixed responses. Hilary says:<br><br>Nearby the petroglyphs there was a new gas plant being built [next to the ...

... mine pit that is being dug up. When they blast at the pit the dust cloud can easily reach the power plant. In its natural form asbestos is just as deadly as the processed stuff that we are familiar with in homes and buildings. <br><br>The mining company was monitoring it at the power plant up until May &#8217;09. They freely admitted that this was a mistake and that monitoring would now continue. They also claim that they ...

... once we got to Karratha and then gave Richo (my cousin) and Steph a call. We headed over to their place and got to know Dylan and Millie, their two kids. We spent the afternoon and evening over there, just hanging around, talking and getting to know the kids. We really enjoyed spending some time with people that we already know and just having some relaxed time in a house as well.

... br><br>We are staying in the Cove Caravan Park, which is really new and very clean.  In fact there are a lot of very new facilities in Point Sampson so our first impressions are very good &#8211; really like it although there is hardly anything here.  It has a reputation though for its top seafood restaurants!<br><br>Because it is such a small place I am surprised that we actually can receive internet and phone services but we can.....yea!<br><br>The ...

... a bit extravagant but it was a present to me for completing my three month probation at work. The new Taylor Made golf clubs were a reward for getting the job in May. So my conscience is clear until the next purchase. <br><br>Non-golfers can skip this paragraph<br><br>No, there&#8217;s no photos of the golf clubs. The Brisbane Gordon wants me to bring them over on my next visit. I think ...

... a curve ball recently when a supervisor asked me, at short notice, to organize a BBQ for 78 staff. He asked me to cook the thing with some help from two others. Everything went well but I just don&#8217;t want to do it again seeing as I moved the two BBQ&#8217;s across the site, cleaned them, cooked and then cleaned them again. I was exhausted and was relieved to get back to work. Imagine if it was in the middle of summer.<br><br>Breath ...

... jockeys to do * flyby of my tower *t over 400 knots *nd we cert*inly weren't w*rned of their impending shen*****ns. Still, it looked pretty cool from the ground.<br><br>Luke Skyw*lker (in tr*ining) <br>I w*s t*ken off my fencing duties for three d*ys to be p*ired with * boilerm*ker who h*d the unenvi*ble t*sk of cutting up sever*l l*rge steel fr*mes with his oxy-*cetylene cutting set. He must h*ve re*lised the enormity ...

... people onsite. I've had a drive around site on the forklift, but I'm yet to get up into the cherry picker. <br><br>Karratha is larger than I expected too and is right on the water. Qantas has direct flights from Brisbane which takes out the need to fly to Perth or Darwin. There's a nine hole golf course, large shopping centre and a local operator runs sky-diving. This might be an interesting idea on my day off. <br>In the last entry I mentioned that this project would last for two ...

... forgiven for thinking you were at a local football game or at a wedding - it was a fantastic atmosphere. The big orange moon slowly rose and the staircase appeared over the mud flats - very gorgeous and impressive. Rob took a million photos trying out all the settings on our new camera. The massive port facilities close by with huge tanks and a naked flame burning atop a big smoke stack added a surreal touch to the whole evening. May 11 - 80 Mile Beach It's a huge ...

... biscuit. It was highly amusing to watch her face change from sheer pleasure to sheer terror the longer she was on it. She certainly wasn't volunteering to go on again!<br><br>Sophie and I made the sensible choice and opted to stay safely on the boat. Far too many sharks in there for my liking. We had to overcome our fear later on though when nature was calling and we couldn't wait any longer - a very scary ...