Started early this morning to go looking for coal mines. Started from Capella and drove into the countryside but they seem to have their coal mines carefully screened by farmland and trees. Eventually we did a tour of Gregory coal mine. This was rather good. Saw the huge trucks carrying 136 tons of coal, the coal face under the overburden, the huge draglines working each shovel lifts 15 tons of dirt and there was a blow off of the coal face. Then the crushing, washing etc. The road grids where the coal is tipped from the trucks. This didn’t finish until nearly 3:00 so then we drove to Emerald Railway Station. Had a puncture in the trailer tyre so we had both replaced with a second hand pair. On again through Springsure truly beautiful mountains and into the dark. Stayed at Moura arrived 8:00 very nice preople Colleen and Jack Bradley. He came and talked for ages.
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