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You will hear some recorded information for visitors to a region about history and nature walks there, and about a particular visitor attraction.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 14.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 14.
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Here is some information about history and nature walks in the region.
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They can be completed in less than a day, and also be combined with a visit to Melby, a former coal mine now open to the public.
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The Marsden Coastal Walk is suitable for all the family, as there are no strenuous climbs.
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The route begins at Marsden Harbor, where there are hourly ferries to and from the beautiful Hooker Island, a great place for fishing.
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The walk covers part of the coastal path trail.
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As there are clear signposts all along the way, you don't even need to take a map with you.
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At one point, the route goes inland slightly and passes a castle built in the fourteen hundreds near to a now vanished market town.
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The castle's now just a pile of stones, but it's a great place to take photos, and fascinating information boards show what it once looked like.
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If you set off early, you can be back in time for midday.
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The Melby Heritage Walk is a great place to take photos, especially of the night sky.
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At certain times of the year, people come here from far and wide.
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They climb to the top of the valley and take pictures of the stars.
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In the daytime, it's completely different.
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As you hike through the dense woods in the valley bottom, the only things you'll hear are the sound of your own footsteps.
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At the highest point, you can stop to take in the views, and those with lots of energy can climb the tower that's situated where there was once a seventeenth century hunting lodge.
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The route continues along the tops of the hills and brings you back down to the starting point, the car park at Melby Coal Mine.
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Before you hear the rest of the recorded information, you have some time to look at questions 15 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 15 to 20.
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Melby Coal Mine has been open to the public for twenty years and has won awards for its visitor experience.
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Many of the buildings around the mine are still standing and have been converted into display areas.
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Firstly, there's an exhibition showing the history of the mine with many original black and white photos.
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To see that, you go from the car park via a covered walkway to the main visitor center.
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Go through the ticket office to an area where there are lockers to leave heavy bags in and where you can borrow raincoats.
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Beyond that room is the exhibition.
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There's a small bathhouse where miners used to wash after their shift on the ground.
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You can see that in the building directly to the north of the engine house.
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The boiler has gone from there now, but there are lines of tin baths on the stone floor.
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There's a display of early mining tools from the days before mechanization.
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You can find that in a small L shaped building in the middle of the northern boundary of the site.
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It's incredible to think how miners were able to use hand implements to cut through rock.
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The vehicle shed where you can find wagons of different sizes along with some of the high-tech cutting machines that were in use until the mine closed, is in the southwest corner of the site and can be accessed via a covered walkway.
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There is a field with ponies, which are always popular with children, on the northeastern boundary of the site, not approached via a covered walkway.
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The other building to mention is the Education Centre.
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This is where school groups go when they visit the mine, but it's also accessible to the public as it contains a library and small gift shop.
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The center is connected to the ticket office via a short section of covered walkway.
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That is the end of part two.
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You now have 30 to check your answers to part two.
