Port Hedland is a large coastal town located approximately 1,660 kilometres from Perth. It is renowned for its indigenous culture and history, long trains, big ships, salt piles and red dust. Often referred to as the friendliest town in the Pilbara, the local people make Port Hedland what it is today. 
Man-made mountains
Once a port for the fledging pearling and pastoral industries, Port Hedland is now Australia's largest iron ore port. Here you'll find the giant BHP mineral facilities with its iron ore mountains, and some of the longest trains and largest ships in the world, which transport goods across the nation and beyond.
