Low Cost Overflow Camping Available in Port Hedland for 2016

Thankyou!!! We will take advantage of that offer. See you mid June. Tony Debbie and Miss Rosie (foxy)

Great for Port Headland, a few other local councils have done this and I hope that others will take a notice and see the benefits that flow through to the local taders and community.

Had a great stop recently at Khulin in the Great Southern who have made an investment in their community and it works, where as we would have normally driven straight through.

John.

Is there a dump point at this $10 site? As well as water and toilets seeing as it is a racecourse. Or is it just a parking spot with no amenities at all? More info please to make it clear...... W

They developed this around the middle of last year with what they advertised as 3 dump points?
I saw the councils announcement on another forum, so called them only 3 days ago to confirm it was still available and was told it was closed until the local cv parks reached 50%.
Then the above post arrived. Van needs to be fully contained, so the grey water tank issue comes into play or does a mobile water catchment tank/bucket comply?
No mention of toilets, but then it does say fully self contained vehicles.
Any way, increases the travelling/stopping options which is what is needed.
John

Thanks for the 'heads up' this year - missed out last year when we booked ahead into an extremely crowded CP.

A number of us will be passing through July/August on the way back to Wyndham for the races and the Centenary '30 year reunion'.

Looking forward to a big 'catch up' with past & present residents.

Cheers - Phil

When we arrived in Port Hedland a few years ago, the Cook Point CP was full. So was the Black Rock Tourist Park, so we were directed to another CP in South Hedland that I won't name because they may have renovated the place or bulldozed it since the, which was probably a cheaper option. That CP was an absolute disgrace and for $45 per night, which was a lot at the time. There were no shower heads in the showers, very few toilets were operating. Worst CP I've been in, so the idea of an overflow can only be a help.

Next time I'll spend more time in Port Hedland as we didn't give the place a chance to grow on us.
WBS

Last time we were in Port Hedland we were refused entry into the Cook Point CP because we were there a few minutes late. The reception was open and they had places (they even said so) as it was late in the season, but there was no way they were going to let us enter. Our experience with the receptionist was she would go down as the rudest most inhospitable person we have ever dealt with in our Australian and world travels (and I've been to places in Europe and Russia where rudeness is an art form).

We made our way around the town looking for alternatives, including a hotel the quoted us some ridiculous amount for very basic accommodation, and the other CP looked very dodgy and over run. We would have stayed at the other park but we could not find a manager. In the end we gave up and hit the road and found a wayside stop about 45 minutes out of town.

It was in the middle of the mining boom when we were there last, although, we always thought that this sort of attitude would come back to bite them. We loved this trip, but some caravan park managers were not good ambassadors for Australian tourism ( I thought Port Hedland took out the top prize) - we heard so many "unhappy camper" stories on the road where travellers had encountered similar experiences - many were overseas travellers - not good.). I think some business owners/managers forget that times won't always be booming and it won't always be okay to treat people like crap.

Good luck with the overflow area. I wish it was available when we were there last -it would have saved us a hair raising drive at night dodging Roos to find somewhere to camp. Knowing it's there might make us more inclined to put Port Hedland back on the itinerary when we are over in the West next time.
Cheers Geoff