Marble Bar

Port Hedland to Eighty Mile Beach

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May 28th 2006
Day 56 - Sunday 28 May 2006 Port Hedland to Marble Bar (the hottest town in the country) Only 200 km’s to travel today. It was reasonably cool leaving Port Hedland this morning and cloudy. The sun has come out so nice for travelling. The scenery all around us is red dirt and mountains of green coverage. Cattle scattered through the bush and lots of long road trains coming back to Port Hedlan ... 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