Millstream MAGIC

MILLSTREAM CHICHESTER NATIONAL PARK IN THE VAST PILBARA REGION OF WA ISN’T BIG IN SIZE BUT IT’S HUGE IN BEAUTY

KEV SMITH

I’M NOT sure how I ended up at Pannawonica, in Western Australia’s mid-north, but I know I was on my way to the vast and often underrated Pilbara region. After fuelling up I did the usual drive around town to find out what goes on there, but soon realised it was a mining town. Owned by Rio Tinto, it is regarded as a ‘closed’ town that services the local mines, but it does sell fuel to the passing public. Several large iron ore mines operate 50km out of town and the majority of the ore is transported by rail to Cape Lambert, near Wickham some 200km away. Permission was given to drill in 1948 and 20 years later the world’s biggest ore contract was signed in Japan, and for the…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024

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