Well we didn't know what to expect from Port Hedland! We found some cheap accommodation shacked up with the Miners and a couple of Port Hedland's finest… But $20 per night with free washing machines, Tara was in heaven. Not to mention the massive Iron ore trains to one side and the airport to the other made Tristan happy and made for a noisy stay! Let's face it cheap is cheap. We did explore the town a fair bit watching one of the massive….and we mean ma...

We had first planned to go into Millstream via the Rio Tinto Access road but after fleeing the pouring rain in Karijini it wasn't an option! On our way out of Karratha, we thought we would ask the information centre for the best way in. The young girl, "um probably the access road, but you need to watch a video first". After leaving Tara in the car for over half an hour Tristan emerged with a permit for the road, but he still had no idea of which road it was, a...

After packing up Judy in the POURING rain in Karijini, it was off to Karratha. What was supposed to be a 300km journey along the Rio Tinto rail access road soon turned into a 500km journey the long way round, the rain definitely made its mark. 5 hours later we pulled into the historic old pub of Whim Creek. After a beautiful lunch and a look at the brilliant collection of Aboriginal Art it was back into Larry for the last leg into Karratha. We knew it was ju...

After an early start leaving Paraburdoo it was an 80km trip out to Tom Price for a quick food and fuel stop. After reading the sign to Karijini NP as only being 40kms away we thought we would be fine to get to Dales Campground in time… (it fills up very, very quickly!) We forgot that in WA when a sign says a distance it is usually to the turnoff or boundary of the National Park… So 110km later we arrived at Dales Campground. Our first National Park stay fo...

We wanted to visit Paraburdoo to see where Tara's uncle and cousins worked and lived for many years…it turns out we ended up staying the night in town. After a long drive from Exmouth we soon realised that Rio Tinto (the Western Australian Government) had their very own caravan park… But $25/night (and free use of the washing machines) it was a bargain…except for the drunk miners coming off there shifts!! Even the night shift workers were cracking a stubb...