- A New Open Cut

Cunnamulla, Qld, Australia

Earlier this season some digging was done on a new open cut at my mine. On Monday and Tuesday two of my friends provided me with a great deal of help with that cut. Andrew lent me his 40 ton excavator and Lindsay used it to enlarge the cut and remove the first 15 or so feet of dirt. A big thank you to both of them.

Below are photos of the cut developing . . . .



(Andrew & Len in the foreground, Lindsay in the excavator)




(Len taking a closer look as Lindsay works on the ramp)

Yesterday I went to a nearby artesian bore to wash some clothes and a mother roo with her joey came for a drink.

- Back in Koroit

Koroit, Queensland, Australia

After 60 hours of flights and layovers and 15 hours of driving, I'm finally back in Koroit. The drive to Koroit took longer than usual because much of it was at night and there were literally hundreds of kangaroos. Unfortunately, I hit 3 of them.

It's unusually hot, which means many reptiles are out and about. I haven't seen any snakes yet, but I have seen many lizards.

Right now I have to run, but hope to be posting again soon with a few photos.

Again, thank you to Len and Kim for letting me using their computer.

- a Soaked Singapore

Singapore, Singapore

Here is a poor, but rather Whistler/Turner-like, photo of Singapore in the rain.




Tomorrow morning I'll be in Australia . . . then, on Thursday, off to Koroit.
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- another step

Singapore - Singapore

 

After a brief wander around it appears that the Singapore airport is nicer and more comfortable to spend the night in than many hotels I've stayed in.

 

Tomorrow, after I've had some sleep, I might add a few photos - the Koi pond is beautiful.

 

nite nite

 

 

- making progress

Inchon AIrport - South Korea

Progress is being made.  I'm about to re-board Singapore Airlines SQ-15 to Singapore after spending less than an hour here . . . time to go.

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- on the way to Koroit

Phoenix, AZ - USA

For my birthday my brother used some of his frequent flier miles and gave me a ticket to Brisbane.

Now I'm waiting in the Phoenix airport for my next connection.  It's going to be a long trip - from Tampa to Phoenix to San Francisco to Seoul to Singapore to Brisbane.  . . . .not quite direct, but it was free ... and will take about 60 hours.
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Phoenix airport

- Rough Opal & Off to Koroit

Safety Harbor, FL - USA

After spending the last couple hours out in the sun sorting rough Koroit opal, I'm taking a break and having some lemonade.

Much of the rough I just sorted will soon be for sale on: www.koroitstore.com . . . by soon, I mean within the next 48 hours.

On Sunday I'll be on the way back to Australia. I'll be bringing my computer with me this time - so I hope to be doing a better job of keeping you informed and updated here and I also hope to be periodically adding parcels of rough opal for sale on koroitstore.com while I'm still in Australia.

Now back to work . . .