Leaving Port Hedland today and going to Cossack , which is just out from Roebourne . Cossack has some fame before it's demise . It's the first place in WA to set up a pearling industry , unfortunately the depth of the river didn't allow for larger boats & ships , so the industry moved itself to Broome .
We booked a site for 3 nights at Settlers Beach , not such a bad spot !
Views were easy to take , we relaxed for the afternoon with a nice sea breeze keeping conditions comfortable - it was nearly enough to keep the midges away !
Jarman Island sits about 2klms offshore and was the site for a lighthouse and the keepers residence , both of which are no longer in action .
Sunset from the lookout above us was worth while , we even had a clean windscreen !
The sun sets behind the ridge , which hides the iron ore operations of Rio Tinto at Cape Lambert .
Next day we headed around to Port Sampson , just for another look . This is the main swimming beach below the tavern & one of the caravan parks . You can see the loader at Cape Lambert in the distance with 3 ships docked .
The old jetty fell to pieces long ago , so they've recreated it ( sort of ) and it takes you to a viewing platform . There is are fixed binoculars at the viewing platform so you can check out anything in a 360 degree view .
Saw our first Sturt Desert Peas here as well .
This is our van on the beach , as viewed from Honeymoon Cove .
We went round to Wickham for a few supplies , before heading back .
Next day we headed out for a walk , as you can see the tide was out and we made it round to the rocky point with the thin sliver of sand in the middle of it . Harding River goes back in on the left to Roebourne .
Settlers Beach is very shallow and you have to go out a fair way to get anywhere near a metre deep , we settled with 600mm of water and sat down and enjoyed it .
The tidal ripples in the sand went on forever .
When we got to the sandy strip in the rocks , we discovered it was more shells than sand , and there were many colourful shells there as well , not to mentioned tonnes of broken shells .
We went back and had drinks with the neighbours Bruce & Jayne , and another couple that came over briefly before their friends arrived to camp beside them - they were both in camper trailers , don't know how that qualifies them here as you have to contain all water coming from your van etc .
We were heading off next day , but weren't in a rush , so had a relaxed pack up , before heading back through the village , where we stopped and had a wander through the museum . It was the courthouse , and the courtroom is still preserved as such .
In the adjoining rooms were cabinets and artefacts on display like these , there were old door locks & padlocks , rifle & pistol remains and lot's of other interesting stuff .
This is outside under one of the verandahs .
These rooms can be rented to stay in .
The smaller building is the Bakehouse , and the larger is the old Post Office
The building to the right is the old gaol , with 2 old solitary cells behind the gum tree.
This is Galbraith's Store - an old general store .
And with that we headed in to Roebourne to empty our tanks and continue on our travels .
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