Blogs from Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

The morning sun was heating up early so we set off on the 90 km journey out of Tom Price to Karijini National Park.The western side of the Park is primarily 4WD territory but to the east the roads are mostly sealed so that is where we headed. The Park is famous for its gorges and waterfalls and once we arrived at Dales Gorge we were greeted with A grade views from above. A steep climb down stairs carved into the side of the terrain had us at Fortescue Falls that flowed into a pool below and visitors were already taking advantage of the natural surroundings and taking a dip in nature’s finest. We then set off on a trek down the bottom of the Gorge towards a natural swimming hole. We saw warnings earlier at ... read more

This blog has nothing to do with sight-seeing in Western Australia, instead it is about something really important I learned from an inspirational person I had the pleasure of travelling with, I won't mention the name, but you know who you are... For too long I have been running the same old hampster wheel, doing the same thing over and over, perhaps, it is necessary, because these things included tennis training, going to uni and working... The old saying goes you need an education and a decent jobs to support yourself, makes financial sense... I have done that, climbed the peaks, well half a peak of ITF pro-circuit tennis, made abit of money from that, then graduated from a medical sciences degree, currently studying another degree, got a job, earning good money... still in my early ... read more

19 Barn Hill R & R We’ve only moved about 120km this week as we’ve been seducted by the warm water, the long sandy beaches, the warm breezes, quaint open showers and toilets and dappled shade. Barn Hill Station is a low key camping ground at the edge of a magnificent sandy beach about 120km by road south of Broome. Its owned and run by the local run holders who farm 320,000 acres but only run 8,000 head of cattle. We had our first recommendation to come here in our 4th ever campground in Queensland. Apart from Chris and Lynne’s strong exhortation to visit, of course. As we slowly progressed across northern Australia, the name kept coming up again and again. They were right – it’s fabulous. The car hasn’t moved since we got here five ... read more

Hey guys! Sorry about the gap between the last blog and this one! It's been a while! I'm back in Australia now doing the final part of my outreach stage in a small town in Western Australia called Port Hedland. It's about 2 days drive north from Perth and is a mining town so those who do manual labour here are loaded...seriously loaded. I think they could earn in a month what some people earn in a year! If you ever want to earn money quickly getting a manual labour job in Port Hedland is the way to go! Quite a bit of travelling has been done since I last wrote a blog! After Flores we travelled to Lombok which is another Indonesian island. The way which we got to Lombok was pretty epic...2 days of ... read more

21 aug. 10. crashing, crashing, mouth of the murchison. roaring, foaming. kalbarri morning. galahs galore. arrived port hedland after adventurous hitch-hike which including standing thumb out in kalbarri with fifty dollar note in other hand so desperate was i. had tried for four hours the day before and gave up went back to lodgings and then to pub to watch footy for the afternoon. next day after three hours made the money move. bloke in shiny green ute went past and came back to see what was up. i said i'd give him fifty to take me to binnu roadhouse, 77 kilometers, so 150 round trip. he said it was his birthday and yes. after a pee at binnu next car took me to carnarvon, 4 hours, and even went in 5k from highway to drop ... read more