Saddle Creek Rest Area is our next night stop, arriving at
about 10 am it became very full by 2pm with a lot of traffic coming in and out
all afternoon. A lovely breeze kept us reasonably cool outside. There are
towering escarpments surrounding the rest area beautiful as the sun set on
them.
Zebra Creek mine campground our choice for the next 3 nights
it is about 10 km off the highway on a dirt road. The first 5kms was pretty
good the next 5kms on their property was quite shocking for a place that
advertises all vehicle access, for normal caravans it is a bit hairy with all
the flood ways and dips in the road and is to be taken with care.
The free guided tour is very good and really informative,
the mine is the only working Zebra stone mine in the world so is very unique.
There are actually 3 variations mined here Primordial, Fire stone and Zebra stone
that come out of the same site which is an open cut mine all have a different
look.
Fossil found in the mine.
Zebrarockmine.com.au
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