Further up north you find Karratha, which is located in the famouse Pilbara Shire. This shire has, as nearly every shire in Austriala nice national parcs. One of the famouse one is the Karijini National Parc. The Montebello Islands are also closed to Karratha and these islands are forming a group of nearly 100 limetone the islands are surrunded by white sandy beaches and turquois green waters.
On the peninsula of Burrup burns the oil flame of the «Woodside Petroleum Ltd», which has started there the world biggest offshore gas project «The Nort West Shelf Gas Project». There are the hugest offshore gas, oil and condensate fileds in the Carnarvon Basin and Woodside is also the largest producer of domestic gas for Western Australia.
This cirrcumstances brings a lot of workers up to Karratha and for that, the prices at the restaurants for some food and drinks are huge – a simple pasta vegi menu starts with 29.00 AU$ and a glas of beer or wine starts with 13.00 AU$.
