Adelaide Day 2 (Part Two)

Next stop, the blast furnace. Here they make molten iron.The control room. It would be great if the TV can show some programmes instead of a CCTV screen. Haha
After dinner with some of the managers, I crashed at this hotel.
What a waste, 2 double beds just for me. Guess which one I slept on?

random shot

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Adelaide Day 2 (Part One)

I was off to a regional town called Whyalla the next morning, in a small plane. Count the number of windows and multiply it by 3, that's the max capacity of the plane. Our bus driver, Les
First, he showed us around the little town.
On our way to the mines. Sitting in front of me is Reuben.
Saltbushes along the way
Are we there yet?Yes

Gigantic trucks transporting the ore

Our tour guides for the mines, Kurt (and Simon not shown)
This is what they are mining for.
Our chariot
Our chariot is no more taller than the wheel of this truck.

Rather scary following it.

Next, we went to the place where they "upgrade" those ore low in iron. Our tour guide, Jo.

Micky mouse ears helmet, only works on Jo.

Piangz, so tall to climb.

Piles of "upgraded ore"More "upgraded" ore
Next we went to the pellet plant, where they make small iron pellets. Everything here is mahogany red.
Our tour guides Rebecca.....

.....and Robyn. Your heart will melt if she looks directly into your eyes.

Iron pellets


To be continued.......

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Adelaide Day 1

I received a last minute call from a prospective employer to attend visit their site and have an interview with them at Adelaide. So I was off to Adelaide and checked into the hotel late in the evening.

This is where I uploaded my pics a few days ago.




tap for the bath tub.

Saw this church and fountain from my balcony, so I decide to check it out later.

Comfy bed.

There will be no time for me to check out the city on the next day, so I decide to do it on the same night I checked in.

Chairs outside the lift waiting area

Lifts

(notice the symmetry in the 3 pics above?)

Inside the lift.

The fountain I saw earlier
Same fountain

The church I saw earlier.

Shun bian get supper and the next day's breakfast from Chinatown. Only 2 restaurants were open at 1am.

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