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The power stations are of course associated with coal mines.  We are driving through an area known as the Western Coalfield.  I've noticed signs for the Springvale, Invincible, Ivanhoe North, Airly and Baal Bone mines. That's Invincible that you can see behind the truck below.

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  1. JulieJanuary 15, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    And this pales into insignificance when you travel through the Hunter! But, it can only be dug out once.

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  2. diane bJanuary 16, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    Ours are full of water so these ones will get more business.

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  3. Joan ElizabethJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    Julie, you are right. But I wonder if we dug it all out whether we would then have to think of something more creative.

    Diane, I hadn't thought about that.

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