In Broome, almost 80 mile beach

In Broome, almost

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July 14th 2009
We had a couple of days at Port Hedland, most of which were spent at our very nice caravan park at Cooke Point which was grassed, had very nice trees and a pool. By comparison, Port Hedland itself was very industrial - the solar salt flats, piles of processed salt, the longest trains we've ever seen loaded with iron ore, steelworks, big loading iron ore terminals and big ships being loaded. We'd ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more