We went to see the rock carvings and part of the display was of slate mining.
From about 1850 onwards. Exported to Scotland around the 1920's.
The majority of the museum was devoted to the rock carvings.
Oldest settlement is 11,000 years.
As the ice melted after the ice age the land rose. The oldest artefacts are higher up the hill - 70m above sea level.
We unkindly wondered if it was the ubiquitous Fallon Red!
Took us about 90 minutes to walk round the two main groups of carvings.
The technique looked remarkably similar to the carvings we saw in Mutawintji (NW of Broken Hill in Aus). Both outlines and the middles chipped.
Alas, there's no desert varnish here to protect them.
We needed the supermarket and tourist info.
The tourist info places mainly have only local info so asking about the next place is a bit of a loss.
Meandering around the fjords.
This is not Mitre Peak (Milford Sound, NZ).
At last we can tell the difference between the warning signs for reindeer and moose.
Every other vehicle is a motorhome.
We are traveling a bit slower than most of the traffic.
The normal driving habit is people hang back waiting for others to pull over before overtaking. Quite tiring for us. Some stay so far back by the time its safe to overtake the opportunity has gone.
But at least we don't have a convoy of vehicles behind us as we have seen passing the other way.
A couple of hours walk into the Reisa National Park.
When a Norwegian suggests something is expensive then its very expensive.
Thus was the cost of a boat into the park.
We had a bit of local advice and drove as far as we could. About 5km south of Saraelv.
It had rained, the track was a bit overgrown so our trousers were soaked. There were gazillions of mosquitoes. And quaint track markers.
After a couple of hours we'd nearly reached the park boundary.
So we turned back.
The local community have produced a little booklet of 10 walks and 5 high points to walk up. Maps and aerial photos with the tracks marked, plus descriptions. We'll know better next time!
We are still well north of the Arctic Circle but it must be getting warmer as we head south.
The owner of the cabin came by to check us out.
Lots of useful info.
