Port Hedland
Trip Start
Dec 23, 2007
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Trip End
May 30, 2008
Port Hedland,
Australia
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Port Hedland was about 450km from Tom Price and is just a stopover on the way to Broome. Accommodation was hard to find and backpackers were unavailable. I managed to get a motel on the foreshore at the Port, for an excessive $165 per room. It's nothing special, but comfortable and has air conditioning! Everything is overpriced here!
Port Hedland handles a massive tonnage and is the place from which Pilbara's iron ore is shipped overseas. The town itself is built on an island connected to the mainland by causeways.
I planned to do nothing but relax and catch up on some news and television while in the motel room, including a game of football in the first round of the year. I'll be heading off early tomorrow for the long drive to Broome.
