Old and new mining

BEACONSFIELD This is the outside of the Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre, it was very interesting and a great section regarding the miners being rescued back in 2006. You even get to walk into a replica of the space they were entrapped in and the large concrete tube that was put in place to retrieve them. Interestingly the old structures house a lot of the exhibits. BIG BOYS TOYS One of the machines that goes down into the mine, the two drillers work at the front of the machine in the cage which is where Todd and Brant were, the driver sets up and stabilises the machine which is where the miner that died, Larry was working.

GREENS BEACH Thought you might be sick of lovely blue seas so here are a couple of the locals just for a change. Greens beach is the western entrance of the Tamar river that goes all the way into Launceston about 40kms away which is very tidal. Bass straight looked like a lake today, hope it is like that on the 28th when we regretably return to the mainland.