Checked into the Harding River Caravan Park. Predominantly a mining workers campsite with 99% being permanents. We as tourists were a novelty with the permanents driving slowly by checking us out. Roebourne is a very rundown town with the majority of residents being indigenous. Everywhere is closed, next to impossible to get a carton of milk. Locals travel to Wickham (9kms away) to shop at the Woolies there. However it is central to Karratha, Dampier, Point Samson and Wickham. It has a lot of history being the oldest town in the northwest. We opted to stay here as finding accommodation in Karratha is next to impossible with parks being taken over by dongas and workers, consequently the parks don’t cater for tourists and the parks are fairly dirty and not well maintained. We drove to Karratha (approx 32kms south) for a shopping fix. Karratha is the next biggest shopping area north of Perth so we went to get our shopping fix. We stocked up in Karratha at a Woolworths where we didn’t have to pay ridiculously expensive prices. We also checked out Point Samson (19kms away) and decided to move there on Saturday. It is near the beach and looks really nice. It is so hot here – by 9.00am it is in the 30s. We are having second thoughts about going north beyond Port Hedland. May backtrack some way and head east. We discovered the broadband dish doesn’t work here – something to do with the area!!! Maybe its all the ore?? No-one seems to know why. So we will be without internet until Port Hedland and even then it is not guaranteed. The Whim Creek hotel is north of Roebourne and really is in the middle of nowhere, only open from 3-9pm!
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