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Tag Archives: Australia
The Big Red Part 4 – Leaving Tom Price
Once upon a time, in the faraway part of a land nearby, I spent six months working as a TA (Trades Assistant) with a fine and very diverse bunch of fitters near a town called Tom Price in the North … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgia 1970s and 80s
Tagged Australia, Julia, Kingswood, North West, Tom Price
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Photo of the Day #26 – The Big Red – My Part
This is the last part of my 1970s nostalgia saga of dust and diesel. I’d flown north from Perth to Tom Price and been impressed by how long it took the jet to get there. It was a long way … Continue reading
Photo of the Day #25 – The Big Red Part 2
I’ve always liked this photo. For me it somehow captures the time and place. Mid 1970s. Out back up north in West Australia. Specifically the Theiss Bros maintenance yard at Mt Tom Price, adjacent to the open-cast iron ore mine. … Continue reading
Posted in Nostalgia 1970s and 80s, Photo of the Day, Photography
Tagged Australia, cameras, Mt Tom Price
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Photo of the Day #24 – Down Memory Lane – The Big Red Out Back
In the mid-1970s I lived and worked for 6 months in the middle of not much in the north of West Australia. Mt Tom Price is the name of a hill, and the town nearby. Mt Tom Price is composed … Continue reading