Not too much going on here but very popular place to stay to fish and get away from it all. The caravan site was great with a nice little shop and cafe that amongst other things offered homemade pies and Devonshire Cream Teas. Beach was fabulous with loads of interesting shells and a short walk …
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RTIO Dampier Port Tour
I was lucky enough to get a private tour of the Rio Tinto Port. A few interesting facts and photos below. The Dampier Port ships 110,000,000t of iron ore per year. It comprises two car dumpers, four stackers, three reclaimers, four shipping berths and two ship loaders. Operates 24 hours a day 365 days per …
Karratha
Karratha is the largest town in the Pilbara and is based around the Rio Tinto mines and the Port Facilities in the area. It has all you need, great parks, pubs and shopping etc. Met up with old friends from Perth who live there for dinner at the Tambey Tavern which does a great schnitzel, …
Best Pint Update – Things that Matter Competition.
Welcome to the fist of my round Australia regular features. I am going to detail the most important features of a trip like this, which obviously are the best Pie, Pint of Craft Beer and the best Ablution Block we encounter on our travels. The leaders so far are: Pie A Steak Pizza pie from …
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Exmouth – Land of the Big Prawn (and Dinosaur Poo)
We arrived in Exmouth with hopes of more snorkeling, boat trips and some walking in the Cape Range national park, only for fate to vomit on our cornflakes and send some wind and rain to spoil our plans. Fortunately, Exmouth had other things to keep us occupied, we visited the Frothy Microbrewery (see post below …
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Coral Bay
Words can’t adequately describe the snorkeling at Coral Bay. You can wade out to the reef from the beach and then snorkel to your heart’s content, we saw zebra fish, butterfly fish, clown fish, snapper, eels, flat fish, and many others I can’t identify and Jools (first-time snorkeler) saw a squid. What a fantastic place! …
Carnarvon
Little town on the main highway, lots of farms for mangos, bananas etc and produce a lot of seafood, really good for a stopover to go to Woolies to stock up on food and other stuff as we will not see a big supermarket for a week or so now. Highlights are the blowholes The …
Monkey Mia
Famous for the dolphins that visit every morning to be fed by the park staff and likely members of the public, we arrived too late as they had already been fed, but decided to go in anyway as it was a 1.5 hour drive to get there and there was little else to do. Glad …
The Things That Matter Competition
Welcome to the fist of my round Australia regular features. I am going to detail the most important features of a trip like this, which obviously are the best Pie, Pint of Craft Beer and the best Ablution Block we encounter on our travels. The leaders so far are: Pie A Steak Pizza pie from …
Kalbarri National Park
Kalbarri National park is a plethora of coastal and riverine scenic wonders, beautiful scenery galore, the coastal lookouts to the south of the town are fabulous and constitute a geology lesson in themselves. The coastal lookouts are free, but to get to the riverine valleys in the park you need a pass or to pay …