Day 161: Broome - Port Hedland
Port Hedland is very rusty. Everything is coated in bulldust which gives it that weather beaten and dry, parched appearance. Just looking at the mountains of salt made my skin wither and pucker.Again, we struggled to find accommodation. Luckily for us 30 minutes before we arrived at the Best Western someone had cancelled giving us the opportunity to further boost the economy of Port Hedland by paying $200 for a room for the night. This town is really overpriced.
There is a lot of BIG about Port Hedland. It is the biggest port by tonnage in Australia attracting the worlds biggest ships. They also have the longest privately operated rail road in Australia, purpose-built to carry iron-ore from Newman, one of the worlds biggest mining operations. In June 2001 BHP Billiton broke the record for the worlds longest and heaviest train stretching 7.4 km and weighing almost 100,000 tonnes. It is also the end, or maybe beginning, of the 80 mile beach that stretches up towards Broome. So it's not all boring industrial boy stuff.We stopped here mainly to see what is on offer as far as mining jobs go and have a look at the town. As it happens all the white collar jobs are recruited in Perth. After hearing about the crazy mining boom we decided it wouldn't be such a hardship to spend a couple of years up here working.
Emelie
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i saw The Searchers in Port Headland. 'Sweets for my sweet'
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