4 (feels like 0) - 17degC, although the wind dropped off there was still a sneaky breeze
The pre-dawn walk was a little fresh this morning, to say the least, but it was certainly great to see the clear blue skies back with us. Beauty back on the bike!
Leinster is basically a BHP town located about 1 000 km from the state capital of Perth. Agnew Mining established the town in 1976 with all the facilities one could wish for, including an airport, shopping centre, servo, swimming pool, lots of sports fields and courts, tavern, a school and child-care centre. BHP now own and run the whole show and as you would expect they have expanded and upgraded the facilities considerably, especially the number of single quarters. The nickel mine pumps out about 45 000 tons of nickel (currently worth US$18 700 per tonne) in concentrate each year and employs about 1 000 people. There are also several gold mines in the area but they mainly operate on a FIFO system. One of these Agnew, produce 250 000 ounces of gold per year. They have their own village at their mine site.
After our walks and mornos, Greg took off on his bike, to nowhere in particular while Wendy sensibly stayed in the warm caravan and did some work. Greg just bombed along the highway for 15 km and then turned around and came back. Apart from wide open spaces and a lot of low scrub and sand there's not a lot else out there. He was happy just to be back on the bike.
Friday pizza night, just the shot for a cold night.
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