William Dampier Witnesses the Reunion of Mesquito Men on the Islands of Juan Fernandez
William Dampier is Shown a Boomerang by an Aborigine
William Dampier
The Pilbara buzz: Installment 2
Now that you've all be familiar with the first segment of my Pilbara journey and ogled over all the wonderful photos, here is the second part....
We drove into Dampier via Karratha on Monday afternoon. SM couldn't shelved... for what I'm not sure, but here we were in the industrial capital of the Pilbara, perhaps even the industrial capital of Western Australia. Dampier boasts of being the highest export anchorage in all of Australia. I'm not sure how many tons of iron ore are shipped from Dampier every day, but there were three large steamers waiting in port the last day we were there, half buried down into the water from the weight of their loads.
The first day, we stopped into the visitors center in Karratha to check if we would be able to go out sailing during the week. At first it was up in the air because we had to have six people to go out. A few others joined and we were set to go sailing on Wednesday. In the meantime, we thought we might hire a dinghy, unfortunately we had to have a boat entitle to drive it, so that didn't work out. We checked into the Dampier Mermaid Hotel/ Motel - it really was both a hotel and motel, I ponder because hotels are generally pubs and motels are where you stay. It was certainly not flash 5-star accommodation. No, it would be more like 2, maaaybe 3 stars at best clothes, but it was clean and had pleasant staff and a nice little pool. It also had a lovely view overlooking the harbour and some palm trees along the shore, but the seniority of the guests were "fly in" workers for the surrounding industrial facilities. Sometimes I felt like we got stared at because we were the only tourists staying there even though we were driving a business ute like the rest of them. One lady that went on the sailboat with us even said they had tried getting a room somewhere that didn't take tourists, the motor hotel only accommodated workers.
The first few days we bummed around Dampier exploring nearby Hearson Cove, Burrup Peninsula,...
1700 - Southwest Pacific holm of New Britain is discovered by English navigator William Dampier. 1861 - Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw that was and more »
US Ocean-going Corps. n Petty Officer 1st Class April R. Dampier, US Navy. n Sgt. Shannon M. Fleming, US Marine Corps. n Shaft Sgt. Justin Gandino--Saadein, and more »
Nel 1704 il marinaio scozzese Alexander Selkirk venne abbandonato sull'isola dal galeone St. George, agli ordini del corsaro William Dampier, and more »
Savings funds you can't spare to ignoreWilliam Littlewood, manager of Artemis Strategic Assets, also wins the backing of advisers. Mark Dampier, of Hargreaves Lansdown, says: "Littlewood was the and more »
However, his consociate Mark Dampier has done better. He bought a Beretta four years ago for about £1350 and it is now worth more than £2300 — a return of
Noah Robertson, 14, Iuka Mid-section School, Iuka Distinguished Finalists: Wil'Darius Dampier, 14, Mount Olive Attendance Center, Mt. Olive Barbara McMillin, 17, and more »
Clive, righteous Clive, Willoughby Caught, William Howard, Jocelyn Bumwell, Mingo, Mr. Thyme, and William Dampier sing The Mermaid at the Virginia Air ...
Piracy MEDIA
after bath
after bath
Ever--the piece in the foreground with her hand up--is in Eden's pre-K class and is the daughter of one of her teachers, Jennifer. She had a birthday party on a Sunday at the institute--here's just a few of the many children that were there. Eden's in the center in pink; next to her is...
Nel 1704 il marinaio scozzese Alexander Selkirk venne abbandonato sull'isola dal galeone St. George, agli ordini del corsaro William Dampier, and more »
Savings funds you can't spare to ignoreWilliam Littlewood, manager of Artemis Strategic Assets, also wins the backing of advisers. Mark Dampier, of Hargreaves Lansdown, says: "Littlewood was the and more »
However, his consociate Mark Dampier has done better. He bought a Beretta four years ago for about £1350 and it is now worth more than £2300 — a return of
