The first half of the drive into Marble Bar was on paved road with a good deal of road train traffic servicing local mines. The second half was a good quality gravel road with almost no traffic. Along both sections the scenery was interesting with striking red rock and soil covered in "buttons" of spinifex, some bright green patches presumably from recent rain and a few creek crossings with some water still present.

Marble Bar is blessed to have a few waterholes close by, Marble Bar Pool and Chinaman's Pool, and we visited them and spent some time watching the antics of the white cockatoos.

The towns name comes from a nearby mineral deposit of Jasper that was at first mis-identified as marble.

From Marble Bar we moved on to Port Hedland where we managed to get a camping spot at the Black Rock Campground near the airport.

Marble Bar is identified on our HEMA map as the hottest town in Australia, and indeed it does have the honor of holding the world record for the most consecutive days over 100°F (160 days). But the honor of the highest ever recorded temperature in Australia goes to Oodnadatta at 50.7°C of 123.3°F in January 1960.