Some steep bits, some rocky bits, and some steep rocky bits. Plus creeks that have been washed out but easily passed. All combining for a slow drive.

It could have been arranged better to convey its meaning.

We assumed it meant to the pipeline.

The road is now better graded.

Hope Downs iron ore mine, to our west, is mining below the water table. The water is pumped to Kalgan Creek through the pipeline.

This one has a phone number for mine administration.

We try to call. Newman Info Centre suggested there was a way south when we need it tomorrow. But alas, the number cuts out as soon as connected. Like a reversal of the scam calls that hang up as I answer.

RioTinto has a safety problem.

Millions of tonnes of rock on the move.

How wrong can we be (rhetorically).

We have arrived at the top.

One of those "wow" moments.

No water, not even a trickle.

Below us, a long way down, is a pool.

Impossible to take a pic that captures the magnificence of the falls.

There is a small gorge to be explored.