Western Australia

Inland Pilbara

Inland from Karratha, Dampier and Wickham on the Pilbara coast is the Millstream-Chichester National Park www.naturebase.net(Millstream-Chichester). Further into the interior is the beautiful Karijini National Park, formerly the Hammersley Range National Park, www.naturebase.net(Karijini), particularly lovely in the late winter and spring when wild flowers and native trees bloom. The park is accessed from three camping and caravan sites at Fortescue, Joffre and Weano.

Contrasting with the national parks are the nearby mining areas of Tom Price, Paraburdoo, Pannawonica and Newman which produce millions of tones of iron ore annually. In the 1940s blue asbestos was mined here, centred on the now almost abandoned town of Wittenoom to the north and asbestos tailings can still be seen in the gorges in the north of the park and should be given a wide berth.

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