You'll notice that this blog is a bit more informative than entertaining, that's because this blog is for The Australian Project -  a task my school is doing - where you can write about a person, a place, or anything else as long as it's Australian. This (my) text is about Port Hedland! If this is you're first blog here, don't take this as a first impression, normally my blogs are a lot different than this. Port Hedland Port Hedland is a very important town to Western Australia; allowing mining companies to export iron ore, manganese, gold, salt and other resources around the world.  - Some Berthed Vessels - - Ship being loaded with iron ore - Port Hedland is known as "Marapikurrinya" by the Kariyarra people, and each syllable means something; marra - hand, pikurri - pointing straight nya - a place name marker    This refers to the five tidal creeks that run into the port, each one resembling a finger, of course.  - The Five Tidal Creeks - Captain Pete...

  Is it 80 Miles Long, or 80 Miles Thick? Pardoo was pretty boring. That's it. You can go read another blog now. ... ... ... ... ... I'm joking. I SAID I'M JOKING. NO NO NO DON'T CLICK OFF!!! Okay. Now that that's settled, let's talk about the not-so-boring bits of Pardoo, like 80 Mile Beach! 80 Mile Beach was, like the name suggests, massive. It's actually 220 kilometres, but I reckon someone arrived here and said, "Argh, that's gotta be 80 Miles at least, matey!" or... something like that, anyway. The beach was actually super wide, and was very muddy. We walked to the waters edge, and by the time we got there, I was a quarter underground. I kept sinking, and it starting getting really hard to get out. The sand was just that mushy. 80 Mile Beach is quite famous for the special shells the are very pretty, so Mum kept a few of them, and by few I mean EVERY ONE SHE COULD FIND. Other than that, Pardoo wasn't that exciting, sorry, but it's ...

  Barn Hill STATION. Oh yeaeaeaaaaah! Barn Hill Station was awesome. Why? Because things were happening every day, which made it feel really alive. Markets on Sunday! Social Bowls on Tuesday and Thursday! Pizza Making Class on Monday. LRC Dice Game On Friday And Tuesday. BYO BBQ on Wednesday! Power Rangers in Cooper's Mind. Live Music on Saturday! It was only a 100 metre walk to the beach, so we spent a lot of time there. The Station provided food, entertainment, and, obviously, a place to stay. On Sunday, people were allowed to set up stalls near reception and sell some product. Mum likes to make keychains and lanyards out of beads, creating the beautiful... LJ's Lanyards ! She made a killing! Turns out a lot of people like those kinds of things. When the tide goes down, the once 'just sand' beach becomes rock paradise, seriously, you wouldn't know there's a million rock under the waters. Speaking of the beach, we took multiple walks down it, and that's ...

Hey Everyone! This isn't a travel blog, instead it's a story I've been writing while traveling! I still don't understand why Mum wanted me to put it up my blog but whatever... Hope you enjoy! S taggering S teeds Chapter 1 Jason Jason’s peaceful silence was suddenly shattered by an enormous boom of thunder, shaking the modern home like a rag doll. Forked arrows sliced the once still night sky. Reactions had to be immediate! Spooked by fear, his corralled brumbies would surely bolt. Jason must act swiftly. Donning his coat, whip in hand, he headed out into the vicious storm. Hand on hat, he ran to his “Stable” if you could even call it that; it had a little room on the side built of rusted metal, which consisted of a shovel, a small bucket, and nothing more. But he didn’t use the door, he rushed past the shed to examine whether his wild mounts were to even be seen. When he came to a halt, he found that two of his brumbies were in his presence. “Phew-” he exclaimed, “Two ...

Broom broom! Driving around Broome! Broome is high on my rankings. It felt so relaxed, and this is when we start our coastal journey. We've come from gorges and lakes, to now massive beaches, and we're lovin' it. We stayed at RAC Cable Beach Caravan Park, which was great. The pool area was chef's kiss, and it was nice and close to the beach. Broome had a lot of restaurants, though the ones on the beach were my favourite.  Every day in Broome was filled with Boogie Boarding, exploring, and shopping to find a replacement paddle because I sunk one and now I feel really bad about it. It had been a while since we had gone out for dinner, so we decided to make Broome a "Go out every night," place. Broome is a proud owner of Staircase to the Moon. where the moon is visible at sunset over the ocean, and the light on the waves creates what looks like stairs the the moon. Also, we went to a couple places before Broome, like Bungle Bungles and Fitzroy Crossing, but there...

Kununurra! Alright, we may have had the absolute WORST spot in the caravan park, but that didn’t affect our time there. Kununurra was still awesome. We hired a pontoon boat today, just like we did at Mildura… wow, it feels like that was so long ago now! Anyway, the day on the boat was great. We did some stand up paddle boarding, swimming, BBQ-ing, and dancing.  So Lake Kununurra was coolio, but Wyndham on the other hand, was practically a ghost town. It was a little more than a bit run down. There was  one  open cafe, being the Croc Cafe, but everything else seemed abandoned. I don’t mean to send hate to anyone who lives there, but it needs a bit of work. If you’re planning on going to Kununurra, make sure you bring strong shoes. The ground is  covered  with sharp bindis! I didn’t think much of it at first, until I looked under my thong… and you could barely see the bottom any more. It had been stabbed so many times, it really took me a while to get ‘em all out,...