June 8th - 11th - Port Hedland.

We arrived in Port Hedland about mid morning. We wanted to find our way around and couldn’t work out why google maps wouldn’t come up with Port Hedland. It wasn’t until the next day when were at the museum that we realised it is Hedland not Headland. Port Headland was named after a Scandinavian sea captain, Peter Hedland who arrived here in the 1890s. Well you learn something new every day!!
We drove along the Esplanade and watched the ships leaving the port fully loaded.






This was the Dalgety Office with a house for the manager at the back. You can see the extra timber on top of the roofing iron put there to keep the roof on in a cyclone.
The museum had information on the establishment of Port Hedland, the local Aboriginal history and connection to country, the social history of the area and the history of the Dalgety Co in the area. It was really interesting. 
Other points of interest in down town Port Hedland were 
The local War Memorial.

A 25 Pounder Gun at the War Memorial.

The old traffic control tower for shipping.
The new traffic control tower.
There was also the local Emporium which sold everything imaginable, two pubs, the Court House Gallery and various other offices and services.
Port Hedland is divided in two with South Hedland a few Klms away. It is a much newer area. There is also an industrial area out towards South Headland. As you drive from one area to the other you drive past huge piles of salt which is exported to make other chemicals.

June 10th
This morning we had to be up early to have the truck in for a service by 7am. We used the local version of Uber, H Ride to go to the South Hedland shopping centre. This is the most boring shopping centre but we did find a coffee which was great. On our return to the caravan park we had lunch and later took a walk along the beach below the park.




A creek flows out into the sea.

A local recreation area called Pretty Pool just near the creek.

June 11th.
This morning Bob did a tour of the harbour. This is organised by the Seafarers Assoc and involved going on the boat that goes around to each ship taking seaman to and from their ships etc. Bob enjoyed getting up close to these huge ships and seeing them being loaded.



A ship being loaded.



Whilst he did that I walked around the town and had a coffee in the Silver Star cafe. This is the dining car from one of the trains that used to travel from Newman to Port Hedland.




This tower was used to spot ships coming in before radar etc.














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