Hi folks , back again - finally back into some phone service to keep you up to date . We've spent nearly 2 weeks at Port Hedland and checked out some new spots and an old one or two .
We stay at the Golf Club whenever we're here , and this was about 30m from us - the 18th sand green and fairway . The course is in excellent condition , a little oasis in the red dirt & sand .
This is also the 18th sand green from another angle - from the 10th tee as I was playing .
I hope you don't get bored with sunsets , because we've seen some great ones while here , and here they are .
We headed out to Finucane Island - the other side of the harbour from Port Hedlands shops . This is the view from the new (12month old ) BHP Tug Pen , looking back into the harbour .
Here's one of the new BHP Tugs - exhaust pipes are over 300mm round !!
After watching things for a while we headed round to the untouched part of the island . You can see the ute parked up on top of the ridge and Lyn is navigating her way down to where I am - still 5m above the waterline .The way all this rock has eroded is quite amazing - but you don't see it until you go down and look back up .
This is an aerial view , the oysters on the rocks are on the bottom 2m of the cliff , yes the tide was going out .
This is looking back toward the port - all the white blocks are actually the control towers of the ships in port . The bat ramp is around to the right of the photo at the end of the road .
This is the estuary where you can see the different rock shelves in & out of the water .
Yep , here's some more sunsets .
One sunday we went over to visit our friends Garry & Linda and went out for a drive . The weather was interesting , it rained last night and right up to 8am this morning , but was clearing - made for a good photo though .
We headed south on Pippingarra Rd , it runs parallel to the BHP railway line to Newman . The scenery out here is beautiful , red rocks bursting out of the desert , spinifex and stunted trees & shrubs , wildflowers were also starting to come out to soften the landscape a little .
We stopped beside what remains of a creek , drying out in the heat .
The railway was beside us and there was a train stopped waiting to go into Port Hedland with it's 340 carriages full of iron ore .
Our destination was a spot called Green Tanks - which we found after a short drive through some scrub . It would be a spectacular site when full of water , and the trees , well they're another bonus .
After enjoying a Bbq lunch we headed back out to a mine access road and went for a walk up a large granite rock . One of the locals greeted us .
Out in the distance were a few mines - not iron ore for a change - these were Lithium Mines .
The top of the rock also held some of last nights rainfall for a few extra days .
What a great day we had , good friends , great company and spectacular scenery . Well that's it for Port Hedland for the time being , we head further north tomorrow .
Here's a map link :- https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1UD4WNArYfMKE54WrDF6yJr85ZGQHAakH&usp=sharing
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