Telfer Mine Road
| Telfer Mine Road | |||||||||||||
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| Operator: | Newcrest Mining | ||||||||||||
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Rippon Hills Road north of the Woodie Woodie Mine ( WA ) ( 21 ° 20 ' S , 121 ° 8' O ) |
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| End of street: |
Wapet Road on the western shore of Lake Auld ( WA ) ( 22 ° 23 ' S , 123 ° 49' O ) |
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| Overall length: | 323 km | ||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The Telfer Mine Road is a Outbackpiste in the northwest of the Australian state of Western Australia , in the region Pilbara . It connects Rippon Hills Road north of Woodie Woodie Mine with Wapet Road on the west bank of Lake Auld .
course
43 km north of the Woodie Woodie Mine , on the western edge of the Gregory Range , Telfer Mine Road, built and maintained by the mining company, is the continuation of Rippon Hills Road to the southeast. It crosses the Gregory Range to the east and runs on the southern edge of the Great Sand Desert through the Martu Aboriginal area to the southeast. After approx. 130 km the Telfer Mine , a copper and gold mine on the eastern edge of the Paterson Range , is reached.
From there the track continues to the southeast, along the north bank of Lake Dora in the northeast part of the Rudall River National Park to the aboriginal settlement of Pummu . Another approx. 75 km southeast of the Telfer Mine Road meets the Wapet Road on the west bank of Lake Auld and ends.
Road conditions
Telfer Mine Road is unpaved along its entire length.
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 87 + 90