Marble Bar

Wednesday 22nd May - Thursday 23rd May 2013

After being told by many a traveller that the Marble Bar pub was well worth a visit we decided we should put this place on our itinerary.  Marble Bar is also well known for it's extremely hot weather and set a world record of most consecutive days of  37.8 °C or above for 160 days from 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924. Due to Craig's interest in weather we also thought that this was  a good reason to visit.  We took a very scenic dirt track to Marble bar with many abandoned mines along the way and spectacular scenery of red mountain ranges and mounds of rock.  We stopped a few times to take in the scenery and snap a few shots.  We did not pass a single vehicle for the whole 150kms!
 

 

 We arrived at Marble Bar and had lunch at the pub where we met a couple of locals who were very inviting and happy to welcome visitors. The vibe was good so we set up at the local van park and walked back to the pub, which was only around the corner.  Kai enjoyed playing music on the juke box, Lachlan practiced his handstands inside the pub and Adam had a go at darts.  We chatted to a few locals (including the photo bomber below) and the local doctor.  Another told us the quickest way to get to Eighty Mile Beach. It was a lot more scenic than the 'blue road' through Port Headland and would cut off about 200km's of driving.   Interestingly the pub's chef was from Thailand and we were told that the Thai dishes were a specialty around these parts and we had to try them.  Craig had the Thai green chicken curry for dinner and thoroughly enjoyed it.