Port Hedland update

Well we’re still here, and quite enjoying it, been 3 months now. No winter and the temperature sits between 12 overnight and 28 during the day, starting to warm up now, so almost time to move south.  So far our plans have worked out well, with us both getting plenty of work. We’ve made new friends that we will keep in contact with and hopefully catch up with over east some time in the future.Chris’s previous boss and his wife live across the creek behind us, so we go over occasionally for a night out and I feed the chooks when they are away.  Walking across the dry creek bed is interesting, coming home at midnight can be a bit tricky, as chris tends to get lost and fall over (drunk as) , makes for a good laugh, all by the light of a full moon.Over the last week we haven’t had any work due to shortages at the mine, so as well as Chris having a rest we’ve been able to go swimming a few times. South Hedland has one of the best aquatic centres we have been to, and we’ve swam in lots of pools, on our travels.Last week I spent some time in at Port, watching the tugs bring in the boats to be loaded, it’s a favourite pastime seeing how these little vessels manoeuvre huge ships around. Also just out of town are the salt pads, a good place to take photos of salt being scooped up into big piles, ready for loading.

Hope I’m not boring you with all my photos, but this is certainly a unique place, when you take the time to look around. Cheers for now. X

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