Leigh Creek Open cut Coal mine

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Music :- Never-ending dream by Zero-project
Leigh Creek, SA
Leigh Creek is a government-owned town on the edge of the desert (its annual rainfall is 205 mm). It is currently up for sale as its original purpose, to house the workers and their families who provided the labour force for the huge Leigh Creek open cut coal mine 22 km north of the town, ceased to exist when the mine was closed in 2015. At the time Leigh Creek was a modern mining town with a modern shopping centre, a series of neat modern roads and small, attractive plots of land on which standard modern houses had been built. Today it is a town without a purpose. It will be fascinating to see whether the South Australian government can find a new lessee or whether the town, like so many mining communities, simply disappears because its raison d'etre no longer exists.
Location
Leigh Creek is located 556 km north of Adelaide via Port Augusta, 261 km north of Port Augusta and 194 m above sea level.

[@DonJoyce]

Good lord, that's a huge open pit mine! Nicely done, Andy!

[@OzbeachAndy]

Thanks Don for viewing Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺🍷👍

[@tedvaneeten9978]

Nice vid. Brought back memories from about thirty years ago.

[@OzbeachAndy]

Wow you can think back thirty years. Well done lol 👍🦘🇦🇺🍷

[@Peter_Carroll]

Good video of the mine, remember driving through there many years ago and all you could see was piles of dirt on the side of the road. Pretty big hole in the ground, thanks. 👍🇦🇺🍷

[@OzbeachAndy]

Thanks Peter for comment. We drove up as far as Farina. Look it up amazing place and drone footage next week. Cheer👍🦘🇦🇺🍷

[@andrewaltschwager5000]

Great video Andy. 👍

[@OzbeachAndy]

Cheers Andrew for watching was up that way early this week. Amazing big hole. 👍🦘🇦🇺🍷