Marble Bar

There are few towns in Australia whose names have such power to conjure up images as Marble Bar.  Mining, isolation and most importantly heat come to mind, as it is known as the "hottest town in Australia". a fact that is still recorded by the Guiness Book of Records.  For 161 consecutive days leading up until 20 April 1924, the maximum daily temperature never dropped below 100 degrees F (37.8 degrees C), and this record still stands today.

The series of plaques at the edge of the town depict in a series of metal sculptures the history of the place.

Marble Bar is named after a local deposit of mineral first thought to be marble, but later turned out to be jasper.

The jasper is at its best if you splash some water on it.  You can see the colours much better then in their natural dry and parched environment. Unfortunately you cant carry buckets of water around for each photograph :-)