Just type Broken Hill into Google Earth, zoom in and you will see the mine site in the middle of town. Type Mount Isa if you want to see a different mine. Have a search for Muswellbrook and check out all the open cut coal mines around there. If you mean to see them from space on Google Earth, there would not be any mine site in the world big enough to view from space with Google Earth on a computer monitor. I doubt you can see a mine site with the naked eye from space. They would not be big enough.

Just Google Earth search almost any town in the Pilbara and look for the bloody great big hole in the ground nearby. Pannawonica, Newman, Tom Price, Paraburdoo... The holes in the ground are easy to spot as they are usually bigger than the town that supports it.

what about pine gap? bet there's not much there...

I just worked out "brid view" = "bird's eye view"

Stuthepirate said..
There's 6 Iron ore mines in this photo.
3 of which produce over 55Mt/yr
See if you can spot them.
A free hi-vis Camelbak to the winner

I'll pm you my address Stu
The real question should be which ones won't be operational in 2015 re: IO prices

kiteboy dave said..
I just worked out "brid view" = "bird's eye view"

Good spotting
Indeed if I think how it could happen to me - here could be explanation. You just mechanically type with both hands and brain send signal to write b to right hand then i to left then r to right etc. Maybe just path/response reflex to right hand is quicker and right hand managed to type twice before left hand even started.....Without then optical control or spell checker you think you wrote correct word/ sometimes even brain will read it correctly without even notice .....

Gotta love the seabreeze community and a big thanks to Stuthepirate for sending me a xmas present - it arrived this morning. Very generous of you and hoping you and your family have a relaxing time over the xmas break. Might have to fill it with two litres of Coopers Pale Ale tomorrow