Don Rhodes Mining and Transport Museum [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Don Rhodes Mining and Transport Museum
The Don Rhodes Mining and Transport Museum is a public park in Port Hedland, Western Australia, with an open-air display of retired mining machinery and railway rollingstock.
Located on Wilson Street, which links the town with the Great Northern Highway and North West Coastal Highway, the museum faces Nelson Point Yard, the northern terminus of the Mount Newman railway.
History.
Don Rhodes, after whom the museum is named, was a pioneer of the mining and transport industries in
Lonely Planet, which praised it as "possibly the coolest cafe in the Pilbara".
See also.
- Colonial Tramcar Restaurant
- Don Rhodes Mining and Transport Museum
- List of streamlined trainsets
External links.
- BHP Billiton Iron Ore Road Sundowner Siding – Pilbara Railway Pages article about the "Sundowner"
- Restaurant culture makes tracks in Port Hedland – an ABC North West WA audio tour of the cafe
- Women in business: Julie Berry – "Pilbara Echo" article about the cafe