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Checkout where we have been by clicking on Dabustrek text to the left under the Google logo
Monday 31st August - Sunday 6th September
Very relaxing at Cape Keraudren, chatting to others and watching the great scenery, but to slack to even wet a line, grrr
Cape Keraudren
Tuesday, bugga all food left so we pack and on the track for the trip to Port Hedland, what an industrial town, huge shipping port and massive work force, never seen so many Toyota utes, they must be on special as everyone seems to be driving them. We had one night in Big4 c/p, silly move as everything is expensive here.
Port Hedland
Wednesday we watched the ships coming into port, 320 metres long and hold 200, 000 tonnes of iron ore, massive.
Port Hedland
Met some people also watching ships and they free camp in town so joined them rather than the $38 pn and c/p. and watched the ships docking at night too.
Thursday headed off and visited South Hedland, stocked up food for the drive south to Karijini N/P, camping overnight on a hill with about 20 other campers, stunning views over the Hamersley Ranges.
Friday Happy Birthday Maz
We have breakfast with stunning views before the drive in Karijini N/P.
The Ranges here are a view and a half, the Gorges wow.
Our drive to Tom Price held the best views we have seen on our trip. We called into Info Centre at Tom Price and booked a mine tour for tomorrow morning, chatted to a few others who were going to free camp beside info centre so that suited us too. Dinner was at the miners mess, great smorgasbord dinner $19ph, great food, these miners get fed well.
Tom Price - Rio Tinto Mine
The bus for the tour leaves at 9am with a 15 min drive to mine, great driver very informative. Its all about money out here trains 2 1/2 k long leave every day for Karratha ready to be shipped overseas, $4mil dump trucks using 20 litres of diesel per klm and the infa structure, money money. A great tour.
Paraburdoo Footy ground
Lunch then off to Paraburdoo 80 klm away, another mining town with well stocked shops swimming pool and the airport had about 200 toyota utes all from the fly in fly out employees I guess. We free camp beside footy oval and make use of the clubrooms power and showers.
In the middle of no where
Sunday we drove back toward the coast 220ks away had a tail wind (for once) ipod cranked and stunning scenery, great drive to Hwy then turned north for Karratha, coasted up Hwy for another 100ks to Robe River free camp, 20 other campers beside Hwy.
Robe River free camp
Thats a big days drive, we never usually drive that far, but no towns within coowee.
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