Day 123 – 1/9/2012 – Karratha
Since arriving in Derby I had been chasing a replacement axillary battery tray to replace the one in the Pajero that had been welded up twice. After making a few calls from the Pardoo Roadhouse I managed to track one down at Karratha. So that was going to be our next destination.
First stop on the way to Karratha was Port Hedland. We were only doing a drive around the town as we weren't stopping overnight.
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A salt stockpile on the way into town |
We found a nice spot in the outer suburbs for a late smoko at a park called Pretty Pool.
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Pretty Pool Park |
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The view from Pretty Pool Park |
We then made our way into the town centre for a bit of a look around. There were a few beautiful old stone buildings. I am not sure if they are original or not but they certainly looked like it.
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The Esplanade Hotel |
We found a park in the CBD that overlooked the port so we could watch a couple of ships being loading with iron ore while we had lunch.
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Park over looking the port |
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Iron ore being loaded |
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Not sure what this is suppose to mean!! |
We also found that that “The Carp” had also visited the same park.
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We now know that "The CARP" enjoys a bit of a rough ride :-) |
On the way into Karratha we passed through Roebourne which felt like a bit of a ghost town. Most likely because it was late on Saturday afternoon.
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Old Roebourne Goal and now Visitors Info Centre |
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Roebourne pub and main street |
We checked into the Big 4 at Karratha late afternoon. The first thing that we noticed was the number of permanent people in the park due to the housing shortage in the town. There were a lot of hi viz workers and utes in the park.
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