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Notes: Mt Bruce in the Hamersley Ranges is the second highest peak in Western Australia at 1235m just shorter than the nearby Mt Meharry at 1245m and both are in the north of Western Australia near the mining town of Tom Price The summit walk of around 9km return with a gain of 450m, incorporates two other walks. The Marandoo View walk (500m) overlooks the Marandoo mine site and the Honey Hakea Track of 4.6km takes you to another viewpoint.  This is just before the point where the track changes into a grade 5 walk and becomes the summit walk.  To me the track was well defined at all times but may become fainter in the summer period.  The middle part of the final summit walk contains a very steep and shalely section where one needs to be very careful in climbing and descending and then an exposed rock climb where I needed a helping hand, physically and mentally.  Apart from these 2 sections its not too hard a walk taking into account the 450m rise. As a family walk the first 2 sections were completed but due to strong winds the 2 grandkids decided they had enough and they returned to the car with grandma. A worthwhile walk.

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The start sign in the carpark	Some 200m in, looking back to the carpark	Looking forward
Marandoo View, information sign	A very long ore train	The Marandoo Mine
The Marandoo Mine	View back to the carpark	View back to the carpark, telephoto lens
View towards Karijini NP	View towards the peak	View from Honey Hakea Track
View from Honey Hakea Track	View from Honey Hakea Track	View from Honey Hakea Track
View from Honey Hakea Track	Starting to get harder	View from Honey Hakea Track
All the family on the track	Luca and Ashley	Its steeper than it looks
The summit a long way off yet!	The way we have came	The summit, still ahead.
The summit	The summit	The track back
The Marandoo Mine	The track back	The track back
The track back	The summit ahead	The summit ahead
So windy	View of Karijini NP	Along the track
View of Karijini NP	It gets very hot up here, take food and water	Along the track
Along the track	Along the track, view of Karijini NP	Decision point,  turn around point for the kids
On the Summit track, backwards view.	Not the end, still a long way to go	On the Summit track, backwards view.
On the Summit track, backwards view.	On the Summit track, backwards view.	On the Summit track, backwards view.
On the Summit track, backwards view.	On the Summit track, backwards view.	On the Summit track, backwards view.
On the Summit track, backwards view.	Getting interesting, a chain to help	Great view...
...from a difficult section	On the Summit track, backwards view.	On the Summit track, backwards view.
On the Summit track, backwards view.	On the Summit track, backwards view.	On the Summit track, backwards view.
On the Summit track, backwards view.	On the Summit track, backwards view.	On the Summit track, backwards view.
Summit track view	Summit track, the end is still a long way away	Karijini NP view
Looking back	Marandoo Mine view	Looking back, as usual
View of Karijini NP	The peak, still a fiar way away	The peak
Track crosses the rocky outcrop	Easy track leading to the peak	Easy track leading to the peak
View from the top, crop 'circles'	View from the top	The cairn at the top
Not a selfie, another walker voluntered to take a photo of us	360 degree views	Landmark dial
360 degree views	360 degree views	Other walkers are Geocaching
360 degree views	360 degree views	So dry and harsh, yet beautiful
360 degree views	360 degree views	360 degree views
Returning via the same track we took to get to the summit	Returning via the same track we took to get to the summit	Returning via the same track we took to get to the summit