The 10 Best Things to do in Port Hedland, Western Australia

Hi, my name is Phil and I'm the owner of Pilbara Tours. Our company provides day tours from Port Hedland to see the Port Hedland Port and Rio Tinto Salt. Our tours are informative, friendly and affordable.

The Port Hedland Peace Memorial Seafarers Centre is one of over 300 centres worldwide providing pastoral care, services and support for seafaring people. To support the services provided to Seafarers, the Port Hedland Seafarers Centre is excited to be able to offer Daytime Harbour Tours of the Port Hedland Port to the general public. Our new FMGL port facility site tour is an exciting opportunity to get in behind the scenes to see how the iron ore is received, stored, reclaimed, and loaded onto these giant bulk carriers. This tour is by bus. Tour times vary from day to day. Please call or email for current tour times.

Part of Hedland since 1993, Charmers Jewellers has all your jewellery, giftware and florist needs covered. We manufacture and repair jewellery, and have a wide range of gold, silver and stainless steel jewellery available in-store. We also have a variety of giftware available, including crystal glassware, mens' and ladies leather goods, jewellery boxes and beautiful fresh flowers.

Lisa’s Kangaroo Retreat rescues, rehabilitates and releases wildlife, including injured and orphaned joeys, kangaroos, wallabies, possums and other animals. Field trips to the retreat are fun, educational and heart-warming. Interacting with and supporting animals in need is a great experience for all the family, and a great opportunity for kids of all ages.

Visit Port Hedland and discover a vibrant community where living alongside large-scale industry is a way of life. As the gateway to the Pilbara coast and vast ranges, the newly refurbished Port Hedland Visitor Centre should be your first port of call to start your journey. Local and regional tourism information, Wi-Fi, contemporary gifts and keepsakes, locally made products, maps and books and town attraction information is available.

Located in Port Hedland, Port Hedland Boulevard is anchored by Woolworths and Harvey Norman plus an additional 16+ specialty stores. With an abundance of food stores like Ayesha's Cafe, Raikas Cafe, Chicken Treat and Yummy Noodles you won't know where to start. You can also find a Pharmacy and Family Practice in the centre.

The Courthouse Gallery is situated in the heart of Port Hedland's most creative and vibrant area - the West End Cultural Precinct. Visit the Gallery to view an exciting exhibition, take part in an inspiring and creative workshop or peruse our retail space for the ultimate Pilbara retail experience! The Gallery's exciting exhibition program features artworks from Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists in a range of mediums including painting and photography. Both national and local artists' have enjoyed successful exhibitions at the Courthouse Gallery with opening night's alone attracting around 500 people.To compliment the exhibition program the Gallery also runs professional and creative development workshops which are opened to people of all skill levels and include photography, visual arts and craft. Workshops are facilitated by professional creatives from across Australia in a fun and enjoyable setting. The West End Markets is the Gallery's newest program which runs four times a year - April, June, August, October - in Glass Lane park (to the rear of the Gallery).