Port and South Hedland
Iron Ore Train Outside Port Hedland
We arrived in Port Hedland today. It’s only 220ks from Karratha, so we didn’t have to rush which was nice. We left after a sleep in and arrived in time for a late lunch. We even found time on the way to stop and take photos of wild flowers. They are really beautiful and we never stop oohhing and aahhing at them!
Our caravan park is in actually over in South Hedland which was built in the late 60s when it was expected the population would rise to 250,000. It didn’t! It has a large shopping centre and is obviously newer and less depressing than poor old Port Hedland which is covered in iron ore dust from the crushing plant right in town. Everything is brown. Brown, brown, brown. The footpaths, fences, roofs, and cars in car yards- they’re all brown.
James and Beth are here too, but they are over in Port Headland by the water. The park looks nice, but we went for an en suite rather than a view for a change. We are all going out for dinner tomorrow or Friday as we part company then. They’ll be heading to Broome for a couple of months and we’ll be heading inland to Mt Tom Price and Karijini National Park then back down to Perth. 4 weeks from today, we’ll be landing in London! We’ve booked 4 nights here and I think it might be more than enough. James and Beth will be back in Perth around Christmas time, so we'll catch up again then.
Right now, Russ is at a local dentist trying to get something done about a nasty tooth. He seems to think it needs to come out and he wants that done before we move on and before we go overseas. He’s been gone for ages, so I guess they were able to see him straight away!
We arrived in Port Hedland today. It’s only 220ks from Karratha, so we didn’t have to rush which was nice. We left after a sleep in and arrived in time for a late lunch. We even found time on the way to stop and take photos of wild flowers. They are really beautiful and we never stop oohhing and aahhing at them!
Our caravan park is in actually over in South Hedland which was built in the late 60s when it was expected the population would rise to 250,000. It didn’t! It has a large shopping centre and is obviously newer and less depressing than poor old Port Hedland which is covered in iron ore dust from the crushing plant right in town. Everything is brown. Brown, brown, brown. The footpaths, fences, roofs, and cars in car yards- they’re all brown.
James and Beth are here too, but they are over in Port Headland by the water. The park looks nice, but we went for an en suite rather than a view for a change. We are all going out for dinner tomorrow or Friday as we part company then. They’ll be heading to Broome for a couple of months and we’ll be heading inland to Mt Tom Price and Karijini National Park then back down to Perth. 4 weeks from today, we’ll be landing in London! We’ve booked 4 nights here and I think it might be more than enough. James and Beth will be back in Perth around Christmas time, so we'll catch up again then.
Right now, Russ is at a local dentist trying to get something done about a nasty tooth. He seems to think it needs to come out and he wants that done before we move on and before we go overseas. He’s been gone for ages, so I guess they were able to see him straight away!
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