Monday Port HedlandDidn't get to do the mine trip at Tom Price and now we are in Port Hedland another town expanded in the 60s this time to act as a port for the iron ore mines.We are hoping to do a tour on Weds to see the long, long trains which bring the ore from the mines and how it is loaded on the ships.If we don't get to do the tour there are viewpoints where you can get a good view of these things probably this is where the tour will take us.The van park w...

Sunday 6th April Tom PriceTom Price is a town created in the 1960s when iron ore was discovered in the Pilbara an area of W.A. which has majestic mountains and a stunning coast.The Tom Price mine is certainly the largest iron ore mine in Australia and maybe the world.It is so big they have already reduced a mountains height by half.We are hoping to do a mine tour but it is proving logistically difficult.Tours can only be booked at the visitor centre.They are onl...

Thursday ExmouthHad a super day.When we arrived yesterday we booked a full day's trip for today and then saw the weather forecast which was saying there is a low coming in bringing heavy rain but we got lucky although it was overcast and a few spots of rain it was actually a good day for the activities planned on the tour.The 4x4 bus picked us up at the caravan park at 7.30am and we learned a couple of the points of interest were closed off so of course we coul...

Monkey Mia Tuesday morning.At last we saw the dolphins at their best.It was still windy but a beautiful sunny morning and we counted at least 12 dolphins.They were very playful around the park rangers and kept nudging them as if to say stop talking and get the food out.We stood on the jetty and two of them came over and entertained us.One of them was a real character and did rolls and lifted his head out of the water and grinned at us.We are so glad we stayed an ...

Saturday Monkey Mia Shark Bay Lost 2 grey nomads last seen on caravan park during cyclone Pancho easily identified by strong Lancashire accents although they claim to be Australian citizens.Actually the cyclone is off shore and we are catching the fringe effects as it moves down the coast.We did manage to sleep aided by paracetamol and prayer and if the dolphins had come in we would have been up to late to see them.The morning entertainment was provided by th...