‘Holy crap, this is insane’: mineworkers describe being caught in huge outback dust storm

Lachlan Marchant says the massive cloud over the Tanami desert in Northern territory ‘reminded us of Uluru’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLachlan Marchant and his colleagues were driving their golf buggies back to their shed when they saw the earth sweeping towards...

<p>Lachlan Marchant says the massive cloud over the Tanami desert in Northern territory ‘reminded us of Uluru’</p><ul><li><p><strong>Get our </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl"><strong>breaking news email</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3"><strong>free app</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl"><strong>daily news podcast</strong></a></p></li></ul><p>Lachlan Marchant and his colleagues were driving their golf buggies back to their shed when they saw the earth sweeping towards them.</p><p>“It reminded us of Uluru, the sheer size and width of this thing,” Marchant says. “It was just rolling at us.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/03/holy-crap-this-is-insane-mineworkers-describe-being-caught-in-huge-outback-dust-storm">Continue reading...</a>
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