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Honeymoon Cove, one of the most popular beaches in Point Samson
from game fishing to whale- Environs ePoint Samson
watching. Sport fishing here is Some 150 km (93 miles) inland * 300. n Lot 4548 De Witt Rd,
particularly good, with reef and lies the 200,000-ha (500,000- Karratha (08) 9144 4600. Open
game species such as tuna, acre) Millstream-Chichester 9am–4pm Mon–Sat (1pm Sat).
trevally and queenfish on offer. National Park with its lush
Almost half of the islands are freshwater pools. This small settlement was
nature reserves and are home founded in 1910 to take on the
to rare species, including the port duties formerly performed
Pilbara olive python and the wCossack by Cossack. Today, there is a
king brown snake. Access to Historical Town modest fishing industry and
the islands is by boat only. two harbours. The town’s
@ n Queen St, Roebourne (08) best beaches are found at
9182 1060. ∑ roebourne.org.au
Honeymoon Cove and Samson
In 1863, the town of Tien Tsin Reef, where visitors can snorkel or
Harbour was established and search for rock oysters at low tide.
quickly became the home of a
burgeoning pearling industry rKarijini
that attracted people from as
far away as Japan and China. National Park
The settlement was renamed n Banyjima Drive, Karijini National
Cossack in 1872 after a visit by Park (08) 9189 8121. Open 9am–4pm
Governor Weld aboard HMS daily. ∑ parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au
Simple façade of the Holy Trinity Church Cossack. However, the town’s
in Roebourne moment soon passed. The Set in the Hamersley Range, in
pearling industry moved on the heart of the Pilbara region,
qRoebourne to Broome (see p334) and by Karijini National Park covers some
1910 Cossack’s harbour had 600,000 ha (1,500,000 acres).
* 3,100. @ n Queen St (08)
9182 1060. Open 9am–3pm daily. silted up. In the late 1970s, It is the second-largest national
restoration work of this ghost park in the state after Purnululu
About 14 km (9 miles) inland, town began and today, under National Park (see p335).
Roebourne, established in 1866, the management of the Shire The park has three types
is the oldest town in the Pilbara. of Roebourne, it has become of landscape: rolling hills and
The town retains several late a curiosity that continues to ridges covered in eucalypt
19th-century stone buildings, fascinate many visitors. forests; arid, low-lying
including the Old Gaol which shrubland; and,
now houses the tourist office in the north,
and a craft gallery and the spectacular gorges.
Holy Trinity Church (1894). The best times to
Roebourne also marks the visit the park are in
start of the 52-km (32-mile) winter, when the
Emma Withnell Heritage Trail, days are temperate,
which takes a scenic route and in spring,
from here to Cossack and when carpets of
Point Samson. Trail guides are wildflowers are in
available at the tourist office. Old courthouse in Cossack Historical Town spectacular bloom.