Port Hedland Free Camp
Submitted: Thursday, Aug 13, 2015 at 09:31
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Hi
Reading a newsletter that I receive each day I came across this very informative article printed on July 20th in "The West Australian" that others may find helpful.
Is this the start of a change of attitude from authorities toward attracting
grey nomads to WA instead of making
free camping difficult (as I have read in this
forum and others) now that the big money from the mining boom is ending?
Hopefully this link will work.
Port Hedland Free Camphttps://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/travel/a/28870775/port-hedland-lures-grey-nomads/
Reply By: Ron N - Sunday, Aug 16, 2015 at 09:02
Sunday, Aug 16, 2015 at 09:02
These remote towns that have been riding on the mining boom will now have to start bending over backwards to encourage tourists. They've had it too good for too long.
We drove
Perth-
Darwin in July 2012 with our motorhome, and Pt Hedland was a complete joke back then. Got to the town about 4:30PM and couldn't even find a verge to park on - let alone a
campsite or caravan park vacancy.
We headed North out of town and found a track about 30kms out, that led to a spot on a big ridge where a Telstra repeater was located on top of a big
rock. What a great camping spot that was! Got some fantastic photos of the sunrise on one side of us, and moonset on the other.
The bottom line was, we gave Pt Hedland a miss completely and went on to Pt Smith,
Barn Hill and Eco Beach. That meant we spent precisely zilch in Hedland, we didn't even buy fuel there. There's a lot to be said for being completely independent and self-sufficient.
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