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Port Hedland - Karratha

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December 1st 2012
1st of December, 2012. Its the last month of the year and we were awoken to cows mooing. Of course, Sasha tried to pat one without any success. Anyway, after breaky, we headed into Port Hedland, which is a mining town and also a major port. We did a bit of sight-seeing before having lunch by the port. It was facinating watching the tug boats guiding the big ships out to sea. Alyssa had fun in t ... 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