Today we met Dampier's favourite celebrity - Red Dog. Well, at least we saw the Red Dog statue at the entrance to the town of Dampier. We took the obligatory photos (including Cadbury and Red Dog) and drove to the Burrup Peninsula where you can have a close up look at Woodside's North West Shelf Project. This is Australia's largest natural resource development, extracting petroleum (mostly natural gas and condensate) at offshore platforms. They also export liquif...

This morning we left Whim Creek and headed to Roebourne to check out the visitor Centre which is housed in the old jail, now also a museum where you can learn about the town's harsh history. Originally a gold rush site, the town had a no aboriginal policy for many years, but eventually became largely aboriginal in population and the town was notorious for clashes between local indigenous and police. As you pass through the town streets with many historical buil...