We made it to Port Hedland from Auski Roadhouse (Munjina for those of you playing at home) yesterday. It’s amazing how much the country changes between the two, going from mountain ranges (that look like something out of the wild west) near Munjina, to big flat open plains and back again all in about 260k’s. Pretty uneventful drive.
When we got to Port Hedland and had a quick bite to eat, and saw some people in a mini-bus with an Ulladulla sticker on the back of their bus, we booked into the noisiest caravan park in the world, no kidding. A hint if you’re ever staying in Port Hedland, don’t stay at the PH CVP, you won’t get any sleep or peace for as long as you’re there. It didn’t help for starters that the international (cow paddock!) airport is across the road, and the train and main road down south are right out the back and front of the park. Not a good choice of mine, and a waste of $30 for the night. Oh well…
So, we headed off early-ish this morning, via South Hedland to visit McDonald’s for breakky and after a slight detour (ie. we took the wrong road from Whim Creek), we’re now about 120k’s S-E of PH at a place called Balla Balla. It’s not much more than a mangrove swampy kind of thing, but there’s access to the ocean and apparently an island about 3k’s off the coast. We’ll probably stop here for two nights (it’s nice and cheap being free!), then head further down the coast towards Karratha, maybe to Roebourne or Port Sampson. We’ll see…
BTW, I’ve put up all the Karijini photos on the website, check them out when you’ve got a tick. So many beautiful gorges!
