Comment: The changing face of the Pilbara
Submitted: Friday, Feb 17, 2012 at 21:01
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Member - Jack
My son worked for a short time at Pannawonika and loved the area and the land. My wife and I travelled through the
Pilbara as tourists in 2005 and loved the area and its attractions. Even with the mining that we saw we could see the natural beauty and charm of the place. I'd love to think you are wrong but sadly I think you are correct in your assessment. Let's hope the miners leave us something to enjoy.
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Wednesday, Mar 04, 2015 at 01:11
G'day Jack
Thank you for your interest, it is almost impossible to describe adequately as to how magnificent the landscape of the
Pilbara is in the Pannawonica region.
Like all of the pleasing to the eye scenery in the
Pilbara and no doubt elseware in Australia, some mongrel is granted mining lease rights and before you know it the place is being turned inside out.
I know there is a huge amount of
Pilbara (500,000 square kms +) and most of it is undeveloped in the modern sense, but for mining, its just a real shame the mining industry is allowed to expand as blatantly as the seem to be doing at this point in time, then they chew up even more land with rail networks to get the product to the export ports ~ there is much more to mining than the quarry the dig in !!
Safe Travels :
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