PORT HEDLAND - MUST VISIT! 🤯 MIND BLOWN! THE WORLD'S LARGEST EXPORT PORT! ROADTRAINS, SHIPS, TRAINS
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- Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2023
- Welcome to the heart of hustle and bustle - Port Hedland, the powerhouse of exports! In this weeks episode, we're diving into the action-packed life of the world's largest export port, where a whopping $300 million is on the move every single day! 🚢🚛
Witness the convoy madness with trains rolling in every hour, 24/7 and stacks of huge road trains on the move all the time. It's like a non-stop party of logistics! 🎉 The town's vibe? Well, it's a mix of worn-down buildings and that unmistakable charm. 🏚️ But don't let the exterior fool you - the people here are as friendly as it gets, and the cafes serve up some serious goodness. ☕ 🥞
This town never sleeps! 🌙 But when you need a breather, we've got a sweet spot for you-a free camp where you can soak in the atmosphere and maybe catch a glimpse of those massive salt piles - somewhere you ca fall asleep to the sounds of Port Hedland - trains and trucks! Side note - this is the 'strictest' free camp we've ever stayed at. There are sooo many rules and they are all enforced! Don't even think of trying to get in here if you aren't fully self contained. 🏕️
So buckle up, hit play, and let's explore Port Hedland - where the action never stops, and the vibes are always on point!
This is all part of our journey from Brisbane through Western Australia via New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia then back down to Victoria and back up to QLD!
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We are full time caravanners who love the van life! We sold everything and now travel Australia in our Titanium Caravan and Chevy Silverado. Road trip Australia? Yes please!
Hi Guys, I was the Train Driver you talked to.
I had a laugh when you were waiting for the train to depart.
FYI.
That train was being moved by a car dumper controller “unloader” being driven from Perth.
Loved the show and will be following your adventures.
Omigosh wow! Makes sense now 😂That’s so cool. Small world hey 😁😁
What a fab episode D.U. I’m with you on visiting these locations, they are so interesting. I knew those tug boat operators were on good salary, a friend of my family was one on the east coast - off Caloundra, to navigate ships into Brisbane Port. Port Hedland is much more active, exciting to watch, immense is understatement, and extremely profitable. Apply pressure to your MPs in all electorates, we need to ensure All Australians are benefiting from the royalties - spent wisely once your State or Territory receives these funds. Your hospitals, roads, infrastructure and more, hold them accountable for what we should have in this wealthy country today, because we certainly don’t see that wealth around ALL Our regions. The comments from the locals is fantastic knowledge, thank you for sharing.
Ain’t that the truth! There’s not a single sign in Port Hedland of the money that’s obviously there - it’s bizarre!
Port Hedland was One of our highlights of the whole trip. The tug boats put on a fabulous 'dance routine' which included huge water sprays. It was fascinating, we watched for a couple of hours. Really enjoyed the iron ore tour aswell. Great episode from you guys.
I drive the quad roadtrains up here into the port to unload . Used to sit at the entrance on a nice night counting the ships waiting to come in . 42 waiting was the most at one time I saw .
What an amazing episode. I had no idea Port Hedland was such a busy place. The scale of industry must be huge. Thank you for giving us such a good, unbiased view of the place. Big shout out to Emma for the local knowledge and personal tour for all of us.😀😀
Emma was fabulous!! It was so good spending time with her 🫶🏼
Great episode :) Here is a random fact for you. BHP have 5 Car Dumpers (train unloaders) which tip and empty either 2 or 3 ore cars at a time (depending on which one). Three on the Port Hedland side and two on the Finucane Island side. However the random fact, one of those car dumpers was from the Hoover Dam project. BHP bought it and operate it still to this day in Port Hedland...
Holy wow!! That’s crazy!!
Omgosh that was brilliant! I was born in Port Hedland but we left when i was 9mo and never have returned. Our holiday planning for June next year we are planning to go and see my birth home town! I can’t wait. I really appreciate you guys enjoying and exploring this amazing town. Mum and Dad would often go down to the port and watch the ships come and go, enjoying fish and chips for dinner. They have fond memories living there over an 18month period of the start of the marriage. I can’t wait to see where they lived, the place my dad worked and the hospital i was born in. Just looks so quirky and interesting to boot1. Have sent this link to my mum to watch
You’ll love it! It’s nothing like we’ve ever seen before 😁 And the family history will make it so much more special for you ☺️
Great to see the massive amount of ship movements in and out of the port I could watch them all day.
Yes! We could have watched them all day 😁
We loved Port Hedland too. Lots of people said don't stop there, just a big port but we were so glad we did. It was so interesting. Loved how the city transformed at night with all the twinkling lights. Great episode.
Yes! We are so glad we spent a few days there. Very worth it 😁
Thanks, guys, for such an interesting episode. I had no idea Port Hedland played such a huge role in Australia's economy: one 257-carriage train every hour for 24 hours is mind-blowing. I was doing an environmental survey and was based at Millstream Station in 1970 when I came across a geologist in my 4x4. He was looking at a cliff on the Robe River and said it was 90% iron that they were going to mine. It's now Panawonicca.
I hope you don't mind me wearing my hat as a communication professor, but we always taught our TV students to remove their sunnies when talking to the camera because eyes carry so much communication potential. You both have such expressive eyes, and it's better than looking at Chris's skungy, two-tone beard. Miriam (my grandmother's name, too): I'm glad you got rid of that misogynistic guy you had reporting your Mt Gambier episode. This guy has a much nicer disposition and is more interested in information that educates us, including how to spell Hedland, which I didn't know.
So glad you enjoyed it 😁
Absolutely love watching things like this with trains, road trains, ships, seeing everything they do in towns like this, after travelling north to Darwin when very young fell in love with it, is on the list to visit Port Hedland loved hearing all the cool things such as the info with the mining and more. Love exploring all these places, each town. Love it guys.
Thanks for taking the time to show what really goes on in Pt Headland oops Hedland 😜 we watch lots of Aussie travellers who just didn’t show what you did & just skip on through. The sunsets and night view of the harbour were spectacular. Keep up the good work you guys are very informative & fun to watch. Cheers Veronica and Kym
Thank you!! 🙏🏼 We like to explore and find the interesting stuff - and quite often it’s hidden in plain sight 😁
LOVED PORT HEAD, or HEDLAND 😂 Great episode team!! Really enjoyed it!!! 😊
🤣🤣 I noticed even Campedia have spelt it Head 🤪
@@AussieDestinationsUnknown aaahahah!!! Seee!!! We loved it when we were there! Remember a knock at the door at that Rest Area at like 06:00, when we were in our tranny van!!
what a crazy busy port that is, all those ships waiting to get in, thanks for showing the scale of this place. great video guys keep the amazing content coming
Thank you! It was an unexpected great stopover! 😁😁
Awesome to see how the port functions. The massive ships and the tug boats working to guide them in to port. Truly amazing to see what our beautiful country provides to the rest of the world.
It was a real eye opener! 👀😁
I lived in Port hedland for 30 years and had a good childhood fishing and camping is good fun
What a great place to grow up!!
Absolutely brilliant guys, we will not get there this time, dam we will have to come back!! Cheers for now...xx
It’s well worth stopping in!! 😁
This is the first vid I’ve watched from your channel. Love your energy guys. And yes I’ve subscribed 👌🍺🥃🇦🇺
Oh; thank you so much and welcome to our channel! 😁🙏🏼
Great video guys, been following for a while now, you guy's give me so much motivation to get out there, I've recently bought a caravan and myself and partner love watching your videos for motivation.
Oh how exciting!! There is sooo much to see 😁😁
Over the back from where you were camped, and down the beach in the port direction is another beach where the leatherback turtles come to lay their eggs. You can wander down and see them come out of the ocean and up the beach. not a bad pub there also
Oh wow! Something for next time 😁
Yep our little home port contributes 4% of Australia's GDP. Last financial year was almost 7000 safe shipping movements and 573 million tonnes exported. If you average $100 per tonnes for easy maths, wow!
I loved your comment, Chris, about how much money is generated out of PH any why you can't understand why we don't have a better town. Most of us who live hear think the same way. We should be as nice as Karratha or better. Fun fact, when I was a kid everyone who lived in Karratha used to come to Port Hedland to do shopping. Thanks how much Karratha has changed.
Loved the ep, keep on trucking!
Wow!! Sounds like it sure has changed! It should be a little nicer - I wonder what the reason is behind it?
That Pt Hedland episode was brilliant. We have two sons both worked on the mines. It’s quite a tough life but they were home every couple of weeks. I’ll get there some day soon. Glenn.
Oh it’s a very unique place!!! 😁
Awesome episode 😊 Love things large and in charge 😅😂 Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦
Large and in charge!! Yes 😁😁👊🏼
Wow 😮 big big boats … gr8 ep guys as always 🤙🍻
Huge hey!!
Amazing place Port Hedland, I can sit and watch the ships for days. Those trains are super I wonder they how much Iron ore they carry. Stockton in NSW is great for ship watching like there, another great video guys
Thanks so much! So glad we decided to stay 😁
I used to live in port hedland when I went to school it was a such a great place
Yeah awesome…it’s a great spot
So awsome its on the list to visit
We are so glad we ignored everyone who told us to drive straight through!
Hey guys great episode 👌 We left Port Hedland in Feb to do our lap. We were living there as hubby works on the tugs. We are Beach2 BushAustralia so if you ever have any questions or want to go out on one of the tugs for the day. He’s your man. Scott still FIFOs from the Sunny Coast. We just met you guys at the camp out up at Burrum Heads😀 Awesome work guys 👏👌
Oh yes!!!! Ah - if only I’d known. I have all the questions! 🤪
Very interesting to see. Definitely stopping in Port Hedland.
Yes! It’s a great little (BIG!) town 😁
Wow looks amazing and yummy 😋
Yes!!! Both 😁😁😁
Spent a lot of time in headland and Karratha doing construction maintenance on the iron ore plants and the gas plants . You guys should go south 200 km to k town it’s a bit cleaner hahahaha
Haha next time! 😁
Love this episode epic content
Thanks so much! 😁🙏🏼
I love that place thanks for sharing. Finucane island is where I grew up as a teenager there was a small township back in the day and got demolished 1992
Oh wow!! Maybe that’s where the wheelbarrow race went to!
It certainly did I remember it like it was yesterday, it started in a town called Goldsworthy ( about 100kms) and finished at the Pub of Finucane Island where everyone celebrated.
We did the mission port tour as they help the sailers with shopping and other services. The DVD on the port has all the stats on the port. Amazing.
Oh that’s so cool!!
My home town for the best part of 20 years. Great place but lost that family town vibe when FIFO was born 👍
What a place to call home! 😁
We get the family thing which is why we do 2 or 3 months then head back home. When we do longer trips we have brother in law and his wife with us in their van. You can tell because we have identical white triton dual cab utes and almost identical Jayco vans like the one you had. It works well for all of us, so no change for now. Hope you are enjoying our home state of WA. Glenn.
That’s great having family to travel with 🥰 We are on our way to Tasmania now to spend the next few months with family. We left QLD yesterday after spending 6 weeks with the family & our kids up there 🫶🏼
Great video like you say good to check out something different I’m sure you some of your viewers would be amazed.
Thanks! Yes, so many people skip it!
Lived in south hedland for 13years now. And the tug boat drivers are on an even time roster, so only work half the year for that coin.
Oh wow! 😮
I’ve worked at finnucane for the ast 6 years! That train that’s slowly coming out is still dumping iron ore into a car dumper even though it’s out of site
We actually had the train driver message us! It’s such a cool place 😁
it funny i forgot how red the concerte get up there, the nelson point machiny was amazing 15 years ago, bhp used to compensate the damper salt due to the ore discoloring the salt on the dock
Oh wow!! Red salt - could’ve charged more for it like pink salt 😂
Industrial areas are quite boring,crowded but you guys presented it so nicely. Interestingly it has some scenic views. Lastly the sunset was super awesome 👍🏼. And yup it was a sensational breakfast 🥞🍳 .
Thanks! We try and show people what’s there if you really look around 😁😁
I lived in Port Hedland 15yrs ago and im thinking of going back to Port Hedland and work at Blackwoods hardware store in Port Hedland Western Australia Australia
It’s a great little town! 😁
Just spoke to my mum and dad apparently did the barrow race one year! lol. She has a photo somewhere 😊
Oh what?!? No way!! That’s awesome!
Wow what a really busy small town
It sure is! 😁
The guys getting on and off the little jet boats are the draft surveyors. They check the waterline of the ships to determine how much it has in it and at what point it can depart the port etc due to depth restrictions. Those little jet boats run all the ships lines, sending them to the wharf for tensioning.
Ahhh!! Thank you for clarifying that. I had sooo many questions!
keep an eye out for iron ore rocks welded to road signs lol
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Briefly consider living in port hedland magic weather in winter when summer roles around you go who the hell could live here ! 😂
Haha yes!!! 🥵
A stat for you, the buckets that dig the ore will last about 3000 hours before it needs to be rebuilt due to the ore wearing the steel and the refurb is about 8 weeks and $300k
Oofff!!! Big bigger and biggest! Everything about this place is mammoth - especially the bills! 💴😳
Great to see the other side of the life on the road, Glad to hear that you guys are still going. Just one question did you have any burnt food on the cruise?
Which cruise? We’ve never been on a cruise! 🤔
Worked in Port Hedland 10 yrs ago crazy busy dirty place then I can only imagine its got a lot crazier these days 😅... everything's big in Port Hedland
Yes!! Everything is dirty and big!
You can do a tour on a tug bOat taking workers out to the ships. Then a land based tour around the loaders and reclaimers. It’s awesome ❤
Next time - I really want to do that! We had someone who worked inside offer us a tour but we were leaving the next day 😔
Sea farers mission. Can highly recommend for anyone visiting.
Hi Team, little bit of info, the iron ore trains lengths are about 2.2km to 2.4km average long, average 240 to 300carts, about 25T ore per car.
The ships average loading turn around is 18hrs for 200,000ton ships and large 320,000t ones are about 24hrs average.
One major company exports 260Mt, another 200Mt, another minor company 65Mt and another 35Mt. So a lot of ore out the PORT.
If you think ore price of $95 to $125 per ton there large numbers.
This is what keeps Australia on going.
Then there is also salt and few other minerals. The port is very close to capacity with ship movements.
I’m sure there is a lot of your followers which have exact figures but these are just averages.
Karratha Port is around 360Mt so if you add these there is a few Chev’s on each ship.
The stats are mind blowing!! It was too hard to keep track of all the figures 🤪 Thanks for this info 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I work in this industry for one of these large companies.
The stats are astronomical on the machines just remember alot of these machines are robots controlled from Perth at control centres.
One iron ore company is moving to autonomous trains ie no driver.
If you get chance to go to large mine, go and have a look as alot of haul trucks have no drivers, there autonomous also.
Maybe on your next lap, I think they have these in Queensland also just not as big scale.
thanks, fun to see you to having fun.
It was super fun! 😁😁
Nice video, everything is big up there. The free camp site had a sign saying 70 hours maximum stay! Does the local council enforce it? But then again, could you stay there for more then one night? Looks a bit tight and unpleasant. Another cool video
It was verrrrrry tight! And it’s very much enforced.
the tugs are attached so when they get to the anckage they can guide them into the dock. those ships can't steer until they reach about 17 knots
Yeah right…thanks for that
Port and South are two very different places
Sure are!
Pretty cool if you're into that stuff.....🤙
I’m not really ‘into’ that stuff but it was still amazing to see!
@@AussieDestinationsUnknown Picnic box with a couple of cold ones......., should one be that way inclined 🤙
The train is stopping starting because it's tipping off each movement is the length of a carriage over the shoot/hopper
Makes sense!
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The wife and I lived there for 5 years and enjoyed it for the most parts however for a town that does not stop there is bugger all that is open for 24 hours to accommodate the shift workers. I would still go back though.
Yeah we’d have to agree…there’s only so many times you can go to the pub 😂
True that even if you wanted a quick and nasty feed on your way home from work at midnight the 24 hour McDonalds was closed between midnight and 2am lol and you had a choice of old dried deep fried stuff at the caltex servo lol😂
13 or 14 berths ship out 1million tons of ore in a 24 hour day
The figures that come out of that place are crazy!
Hey guys Newcastle's the same with ship traffic,call in sometime,ship pilots are on huge coin.coal is the main thing here.
Oh really? I had no idea!
@@AussieDestinationsUnknown yeah look it up, you can watch the ships entering the harbour from Bobby's breakwall or up high on Bobby's Rd under fort scratchy,check it out guys
Far out I've got to watch this spell check thing before I send you a message,it's nobbys breakwall & Rd not bobby's.told ya I am no good on these things.sorry that twice now.
Joining a vessel from port headland next week as a 3rd mate. Paid slavery for months period.
Wow - that will be interesting for sure!
bang on about the ore going to china. its processed into iron bars ect and stored in the water because it doesnt rust in the water. they then pull it out when they sell it or use it
Crazy hey!
Sort ADU the episode I was sending that to ended before I sent the comment.
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The Maritime Union, Australia's best friend; oh ...
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They have kfc in Karratha worth a lot of money back in hedland hahahahah
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my mate does fly in fly out of wa
So many people do hey
I'm not a winger, but is it right they are able to sell our resource's like they do but make us pay top odds for food, water , power, etc, not my cup of tea. Cheers Michael
Perspective 👍🏼
The one and only thing i have always loved about hedland is leaving!!! Place is an a grade ×#$× hole if you ask me, the fishing can be good up there if there for work the money is great but the rest of it yeah nahhh horrible place!!! Karatha on the other hand i absolutely love!!!!
Oh wow - we thought it was super interesting. Definitely wouldn’t want to live there, but it was great to visit.
The video of your new caravan disappeared 😢
It wasn’t meant to go up until tonight lol. It wasn’t even finished! That’s what happens when Chris gets into the business side of social media 🤦🏼♀️😂
why still underdevolopped
Who knows!
Average ship pilot Australia $280,000
Wow!
I work here, $200k pa 40 hr week, do fuck all
Sounds alright!
They get paid ship loads. 😂😂
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Always the case, sold all our wool to China, buy back as clothes. Sell all our iron ore, buy back steel. Australia always sells our raw goods and buy back finished products
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Don't you mean buy back as crap
@@nicholasgreen6913have you personally brought a product not up to scratch…. Or are you just spouting off
Just a useless piece of information the name on the locomotive is usually of an employee that has had 30 years service.Just went to a Pilbara train driver’s reunion in Perth last week.
Yes! We did actually hear that! Thank you 😁🙏🏼
Australia is the most boring country on the planet..
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