Day 39 Port Hedland

Port Hedland is a large industrial town. It is the second largest town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It features the highest tonnage port in Australia and is one of the world’s largest and busiest working harbours.
On our way to Port Hedland we saw ginormous trains carrying iron ore from Tom Price. The trains each have up to 270 carts and are almost 3 kilometres long. We also saw giant salt piles.
In Port Hedland we stopped by the visitor centre. We also had the opportunity to watch a giant ship get pulled out into the ocean by tug boats. Nowhere in the world can you see these ships up so close. There were at least 30 huge ships lined up waiting to get pulled into the harbour.
After we had finished at Port Hedland we started on our way to Broome. At the end of the day we finally found a nice free camp to stop at called Goldwire.Læs mere