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Port of Port Hedland The world's largest bulk export port, with exports including iron ore, lithium and salt. Quick Links. Local Marine Notices View all marine notices. View more. Download notice. View all marine notices. Current Port Weather.

Hydrotel Metocean Login. Read more. To the north, Broome is kilometres away via the Great Northern Highway. Qantas offer a once-weekly direct flight between Brisbane and Port Hedland on Tuesdays.

The town has its roots in shipping and mining, and with a lot of action taking place right in the centre of town, visitors have the unique opportunity to witness the operations of the world's biggest mining company, and to get up close to the big ships of the world's largest export tonnage port. Catch the views from Koombana Lookout. Being based on the coast means the town is fortunate to be home to native flora and fauna, such as the green birdflower crotalaria cunninghamii and flatback turtles.

And if you visit during the winter months, you can enjoy the seasonal display of wildflowers. Enjoy your Staircase to the Moon viewing with local market stalls, food vendors, and family activities. There's plenty to explore in Karratha itself, as well as the surrounding area, including Dampier, the Point Samson Peninsula and Roebourne. Visit Western Australia's hottest town and discover its fascinating history and beautiful natural surrounds.

Karijini National Park. Explore the ancient gorges and spectacular landscapes of Karijini National Park. Read more. Gibb River Road. Cable Beach. Port Hedland. It is an industrial city committed to the extraction, processing and exporting of iron ore. The city is defined by a huge port at Nelson Point with its gigantic iron ore carriers; and the seemingly endless iron ore trains as long as three kilometres and with up to wagons which move backwards and forwards from the mines at Mount Newman.

It is also the major port for Rio Tinto's salt export business. Beyond being a vital link in the export of iron ore and salt, the city does offer excellent fishing, whale watching, mangrove crabbing, bird watching and turtle nesting.

It has a new and attractive town park and it also makes a convenient base for tours of adjacent towns and national parks. The satellite town of South Hedland 18 km inland was established due to a shortage of land above cyclonic storm surge levels adjacent to the original town site. When it was completed South Hedland had the state's largest shopping complex outside the Perth metropolitan area. The town is named after Captain Peter Hedland who, in April , anchored his cutter Mystery in a natural harbour which he named Mangrove Harbour.

At the time Hedland was searching for a suitable place to land stock his vessel was carrying. The area is known as Marapikurrinya by the local Aboriginal people.

Port Hedland Discoverers Guide There is a very detailed trail which includes 43 places of interest many are now sites of places that have long since been removed around Port Hedland. It describes the experience superbly with the observation: "A portside desert town, a mining hub, a cyclone magnet…Port Hedland is many things but for those who look closer, this town, perched obstinately between the dove green of the Indian Ocean and great swathes of desert country, yields many more intriguing stories about people, places, events, and even a few local mysteries.

A Catholic church that was once a brewery, a train that carried bombs across the outback, exotic trees seeded from foreign lands, and a ship that mysteriously and completely vanished — discover these stories, hidden between the pages of Port Hedland. The Pier Hotel It is hard not to be amused by the journalist at the Daily Telegraph in London who, back in the s, declared the Pier Hotel a rather nondescript hostelry beside the port the "Toughest Pub in the World".

Of course it isn't. Today it is rather benign building on The Esplanade. The first Pier Hotel was built in It was damaged by fire in the early s and when the owners rebuilt it, they added a second storey. By the late s the hotel was advertising in city newspapers for young women to work as waitresses. Contracts for employment were for three years, including return boat fares. Today it is a typical waterside pub.

The Esplanade Hotel The most impressive and handsome building in Port Hedland, the Esplanade Hotel located on The Esplanade was built in and has distinctive exposed stonework and elegant iron work. When built it consisted of 23 large rooms including a billiard room, a dining room, fourteen bedrooms and two bathrooms. Dalgety House Museum Dalgety and Co. It is a good example of late Victorian Northwest architecture with partially enclosed verandas and a dark, cool living area in the centre of the house.

The Port Hedland Historical Society has used the building as a museum since The exhibits include turn-of-the-century furnishings, a collection of photographs and audiovisual displays.