Woods Family Holiday: Into the Pilbara

Made camp on a the DeGray river outside Port Hedland and headed in for the day. Picked up some mail and looked at the port from the lookout where we saw 2 ships coming into berth. Also saw 18 others outside the channel waiting to come into load. We did part of the tourist route through town topped up the supplies and fuel and went back to camp. We think the massive LNG gas hub that was planned for James Price point could be built in Port Hedland and hardly anyone would notice it. Headed south for Marble Bar as I wanted to see the hottest town in Australia.

Took a detour (175km) west to Carowine George which is of the track a bit but a great spot. We found a nice camp near the water with the cliffs as a back drop and no one really close by. Has to use low range 4x4 to get in and out, but well worth it. Would be a great place for a canoe also. This is the first time we have really been on our own since leaving home. Took a drive to running waters which is a little oasis in the desert, had lunch and a nice swim.

Marble Bar recorded 160 days of 37.8deg. Also The name Marble Bar was derived from a nearby jasper bar mistaken for Marble and now known as Marble Bar, which runs across the bed of the Coongan River.