The road from Coral Bay to Karratha changed from vegetated sand dunes, to
spinifex and red dirt, to spinifex and gravel, to occasional rocky outcrops, to
immense rocky outcrops.
We drove through
and past what seemed to be whole ranges of mountains not recorded on our maps.
Only a few homesteads and a roadhouse or two out here, but an interesting drive due to the change in landscape.
Karratha is home to about 1,200 people and doesn't appear that big. Everywhere you see uniformed staff of Rio Tinto,
Woodside etc.
The roads seem full of
erratic and crazy drivers.
On Friday we explored Dampier port, North West Shelf Gas
Venture, and Burrup Peninsula including famed aboriginal petroglyphs (rock art).
Weather is cloudy, but hot (high 20's).
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| Sand dune vegetation |
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| Red dirt and spinifex |
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| Rocky outcrops start to appear on the landscape |
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| If you haven't seen the movie - do. |
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| Helen & Red Dog, obviously |
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| Clive & Red Dog |
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| Very faded sign was a bit hard to find |
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| Trying to find some more. There are thousands of examples in this gorge - some stand out more than others. |
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| Obviously an emu. |
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| Sturt Desert Pea beside the road |
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| Sculpture in honour of staff who lost their lives or seriously injured in creating the NW Shelf Gas platforms etc. |
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| Clive in front of port iron ore loading facilities |
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| Cross section of the gas pipeline, from the three platforms on the NW Shelf eventually to Perth. |
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| Dampier Port in the background |
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| Rocky outcrops everywhere. |
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| Hammersley Iron Pilbara ore train, kilometres long, bringing ore from Tom Price and Newman to Dampier for shipping off shore. |
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| Dampier Salt deposits |
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