Nice day to be in the mines 23rd August 2007

We met our guide, Bill and he took us to get our overalls, belts, helmets and wellies. We went outside and seen some of the old machinery. Then we got our helmet torches and battery packs and got in the lift. Down the shaft we went and were greeted with a mine train about 20 meters under the ground. We signed in tags and off we went to work for the day. We were guided around the tunnels and we had a go at using the old mining drills. We were shown the big trucks and Bill drove a massive truck and we had to wear ear muffs coz of the sound. We went to the "crib" for tea, biscuits and stories of the old days as Bill had worked in this mine for over 30 years. He told us about a big bloke and how someone had hid his lunch box and made him miss his lift to the surface. So he asked everyone about it and no one wanted to admit they had done it, so to get even he put a 6 inch nail in to everyones lunch boxes and nailed them to the roof of the "crib" room and made everyone miss there lift the following day. Bill was a brilliant guide and bloke.
That night we drove to Camooweal a small place on the border of the Northern Territory.