Well, we loved karratha and really did not expect it to be so big with so much building going on and so many new houses!!! Of course we headed off to the beach to take the photographs.. I hope you enjoy seeing karratha as much as we did.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Karratha
Karratha is an Aboriginal word meaning “good country” or “soft earth it is located 1,535 kilometres north of Perth. Karratha's economic base includes the iron ore operations of the Rio Tinto Group, sea-salt mining, ammonia export operations, North West Shelf Natural Gas Project, Australia's largest natural resource development and the newest Natural Gas Project called Pluto LNG which is situated adjacent the existing North West Shelf LNG facility.This area has cyclones and since 1910 there have been 48 cyclones that have caused damaging wind gusts in excess of 90 km/h in the Karratha, Dampier and Roebourne region, the buildings are now built for these events. The cyclone season runs from mid December to April peaking in February and March so just be aware of these.
Well, we loved karratha and really did not expect it to be so big with so much building going on and so many new houses!!! Of course we headed off to the beach to take the photographs.. I hope you enjoy seeing karratha as much as we did.
Well, we loved karratha and really did not expect it to be so big with so much building going on and so many new houses!!! Of course we headed off to the beach to take the photographs.. I hope you enjoy seeing karratha as much as we did.
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