Situated on the coast and Australia's largest transshipment port, Port Hedland is a hive of activity day and night. In the harbor, you can watch large ocean-going vessels being guided in and out at high tide and being filled with iron ore in the harbor in about 30 hours. While you don't come here for the scenery, simply watching the activity is also enjoyable.

A peninsula with excellent fishing and many historical sites nearby, including remains of the first European settlers. Point Samson itself is a small, peaceful town amidst the hustle and bustle of Port Hedland and Karratha.

A historic town with many restored buildings dating back to the first inhabitants in April 1864, Roebourne is also the gateway to Millstream-Chichester National Park.

Near Roebourne lies the Millstream-Chichester National Park. Compared to the larger parks like Karijini, it's small, but therefore also peaceful and has many beautiful campsites where you can feel like a pioneer and relive old times.

Unlike Dampier Peninsula, this town is Australia's largest port by tonnage. It is named after the English pirate William Dampier, who landed here in 1688, and was built in 1965 by Hamersly Iron. Upon entering Dampier, you'll find the Red Dog statue, and a little further along the peninsula lies Murujuga National Park, known for its many murals.

Onslow is a small mining town on the coast and is particularly interesting to me because of Old Onslow, essentially a ruin with remnants from the early days. It's not uncommon in Australia for a settlement to be abandoned due to external causes and rebuilt elsewhere.