Comments on: Why Tom Price Western Australia is a TOP Aussie Town!

By: Red Nomad OZ

Red Nomad OZ — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 07:27:47 +0000

In reply to Michelle.

WOW! What a wonderful insight into life in Tom Price, Michelle! Thank you so much for sharing it – it makes me realise (again!) that us ‘fair weather’ tourists have it easy. We visit during the coolest months, and see the main sights before moving on to the next place. It’s such a different story when you live there all year round, isn’t it?! But the whole area is so amazing and I look forward to seeing it again and staying a bit longer – even if I do only get to see it during the cooler months! Thanks again, I’m so honoured you shared your life with us!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:50:48 +0000

I grew up in Tom Price from 1974 until 1991. Great place but also had its sad tragic dark secrets, which most are only coming to light now via Facebook groups. The town use to be a closed town, you were only able to live there if you worked for the company. The roads to get to the town were not sealed and crossing creeks to get there during the rainy season was not for the faint hearted. Many times i remember our car needing to be pulled through to the other side by trucks, or waiting on someone else to take the punt to see how deep and fast it was running, then following after. The town i think is one of only a few (if there are any more) that the houses are numbered in sequential order. You knew what area of town people lived by the number of their house. The drive-in’s use to run 7 days a week. At first we only had our own local television station, called MTN (Mining Television Network) – it catered for the shift workers by playing the same shows at night that were played during the day. The town was, and im sure still is, footy mad. Everyone had their local teams and the teams got there names and players by what you did in the town. I remember thinking how clear the water in Perth was, our water was more white than anything, came from Millstream and was loaded with chlorine to apparently make it safer to drink. You never use to pay for water, so it made all the houses and town extremely green, but Hamersley Iron eventially changed that. The Wittenoom races was a massive event on the callendar. The Wittenoom gorges were also very popular, i remember playing in the asbestos mine shafts and sliding down the hills that were covered in asbestos which created great slides – if only we fully knew the damage some of us were probably doing to ourselves, then the parents having a few drinks at the Wittenoom pub before heading home. Having the gorges in your backyard was amazing (which use to be called The Hamersley Gorges, hmm wonder who named them that and not Karijini) I cant tell you how many times ive climed Mt Nameless, funny thing is i didnt really think how funny the name was until i would tell city people about it. Great photos, i miss the red dirt so much, it gets in to your blood, the stars and moon were the brightest and clearest ive ever seen and owning anything white was madness. 🙂

By: Red Nomad OZ

Red Nomad OZ — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:18:10 +0000

In reply to Barbara Williams.

Thank you for sharing your story, Barbara! I’m glad I brought back some happy memories for you – it sounds like you’ve had a VERY interesting and well travelled life and I bet you’ve got a lot more stories to tell! The Pilbara is an amazing place – my first visit certainly won’t be my last and my stay in Tom Price was way too short. I’m hoping I’ll fix that next time!

By: Barbara Williams

Barbara Williams — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 10:23:43 +0000

I moved to Tom Price with my husband and 12 month old son in 1975.
Our second son was born there. We both worked for the mining company and it was some of the best few years of our lives – people, life style, beautiful country – all wonderful.
We drove in to town in an old valiant, after crossing the Nullabor etc from Melbourne. My baby son and I both had white blonde hair to start with, but after the long trip in an old unairconditioned car we were orange in colour from the dust. We didn’t care, it was such an exciting adventure for our little family.
After Tom Price we moved around Australia to different mining towns, and I consider myself very blessed to have lived such a life in this wonderful country. My beautiful husband has sadly passed now, but my memories of the amazing Pilbara will never leave me.

By: Red Nomad OZ

Red Nomad OZ — Tue, 10 May 2016 03:29:55 +0000

In reply to Bruce.

Hi Bruce! Taking pets to the Tom Price township shouldn’t be a problem, and there were certainly pets at the caravan park on our stay, although you should always check before you arrive in case the rules have changed. The caravan park website (http://tompricetouristpark.com.au/) indicates pets are not allowed in on-site accommodation. Pets are not allowed in National Parks, and you could check with the Shire of Ashburton on (08) 9188 4444 to check whether you can take them to other natural attractions in the area. Enjoy your trip!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 08 May 2016 23:56:02 +0000

Can you take pets to this area

By: Red Nomad OZ

Red Nomad OZ — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 05:14:31 +0000

In reply to Freddy.

I’m sorry your experience of Tom Price wasn’t as good as mine, Freddy. I hope it’s better for you next time.

By: Freddy

Freddy — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:33:21 +0000

Tom price has the worst most clickie bitchy hospital and medical staff it is a bad place to suffer an injury or just get sick unless you are a local resident I was shocked and should have reported the very unprofessional service I got . Oh the country side is wonderful

By: philae

philae — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:58:09 +0000

superbe merci pour ce beau partage

By: Red Nomad OZ

Red Nomad OZ — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 02:37:41 +0000

In reply to Red Nomad OZ.

@Iris – it’s hard to imagine planning a trip pre-internet!! I didn’t even really know it existed back in the 90’s!! At least LP Australia showed you some good stuff, right?? I’m just filling in the blanks!!