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Title: Wittenoom
Post by: West Aussie Glen on July 13, 2020, 08:25:28 AM

Having visited Wittenoom several times since 1981 while living at Newnam I found this interesting.
Reading the comments it was also amazing to hear how many Australians had never heard of Wittenoom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaHw_bGI2ME (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaHw_bGI2ME)

Title: Re: Wittenoom
Post by: ruSTynutz on July 13, 2020, 10:05:04 AM

That was really interesting, thanks for sharing, Glen!  :clap

Title: Re: Wittenoom
Post by: CallMeSteve on July 13, 2020, 10:52:16 AM

Thanks Glen.  I'm one of those Aussies who had never heard of Wittenoom.

Title: Re: Wittenoom
Post by: Yorkie on July 13, 2020, 09:31:07 PM

my wife's uncle was airport manager in the 60's when the runway was made of tailings and only prop planes, he died in 1998 of natural causes, I know people who still own houses there and use them as holiday homes from Port Hedland.

Title: Re: Wittenoom
Post by: Kev Murphy on July 14, 2020, 12:03:14 AM

I passed through Wittenoom in late 70s with an Army convoy enroute from Meekatharra to Karratha, we went swimming at a waterhole near the old blue asbestos mine.

Title: Re: Wittenoom
Post by: Wild Rose on July 14, 2020, 02:48:02 AM

I seen that on TV a couple of months ago
May jave been catch up. Very interesting

Title: Re: Wittenoom
Post by: Shiney on July 14, 2020, 06:42:26 PM

That was a great doco, thanks for sharing :thumbsup

Title: Re: Wittenoom
Post by: West Aussie Glen on July 15, 2020, 09:22:44 AM

Having done my cadetship with CSR I worked with engineers who worked for CSR at Wittenoom. They said the dust was very bad.
I earnt my pocket money working in a brake specialists on a Saturday morning.
We would pull the brake drums off trucks and blow the dust out with compressed air.
It would be Sunday night before I stopped blowing dust out of my nose.
I guess we are all very different in how different cancers affect us.
The main mine was in Wittenoon Gorge which is a beautiful spot and I have swum there and camped overnight. The road that was blocked off by the sign in the documentary leads to Yampire Gorge which is another lovely Gorge.
Wittenoom is on the northern side of Karijini National Park which has even more spectacular gorges.
Probably as spectacular as any in Australia.

Go to satellite image here.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-22.4952795,118.5821589,163093m/data= (https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-22.4952795,118.5821589,163093m/data=)!3m1!1e3
 

 

Title: Re: Wittenoom
Post by: ruSTynutz on August 12, 2021, 02:16:56 PM

For those that may be interested, here is an ABC article about Wittenoom...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/asbestos-riddled-wittenoom-draws-visitors-despite-health-risks/100369764 (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/asbestos-riddled-wittenoom-draws-visitors-despite-health-risks/100369764)

Title: Re: Wittenoom
Post by: West Aussie Glen on August 12, 2021, 02:45:30 PM

Quote from: ruSTynutz on August 12, 2021, 02:16:56 PM

For those that may be interested, here is an ABC article about Wittenoom...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/asbestos-riddled-wittenoom-draws-visitors-despite-health-risks/100369764 (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/asbestos-riddled-wittenoom-draws-visitors-despite-health-risks/100369764)

Thanks