Note flames on left side behind Helen

Port Hedland

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August 13th 2007
Rode 600 kilometres through not much other than scrubby grasslands (some on fire, of course), staying last night at a roadhouse (appropriately named “Sandfire”) that burned down several months ago, but was still operating out of a shipping crate. The campground was basic with only a few people there, but there were dozens of peacocks roaming around including some white (albino?) ones. Port Hed ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Port Hedland

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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