The cache is large enough to contain a logbook, pencil and still have space for travel bugs or some things to swap.
Access with a 4WD is available all year round. Failing that, on the odd occasion that we have had rain, you will need to park about 50m away and walk the last part.
Karratha Airport is 14 km (8.7 mi) from Karratha and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Dampier. With the beginning of the iron ore industry in the early 1960s, Dampier was chosen as the Port for Hamersley Iron's operations and this signaled the beginning of major development in the Pilbara. Roebourne airport was the nearest airport. In 1966 Hamersley Iron constructed an airport on the present Karratha Airport site with a sealed gravel runway and small terminal building and named it Dampier Airport. With the introduction of the Fokker F-28 jet aircraft by MMA in 1969, regular passenger flights by MMA to the unsealed Roebourne airport were discontinued.
After several years as a private airport, the airport was taken over by the Shire of Roebourne. Several upgrades have been made over the decades including a new runway, 08/26, and new terminals. The old runway is now used as a taxiway and helicopter landing site (HLS) for the many helicopters servicing the facilities in the North West Shelf gas field and marine pilot transfers for iron ore and gas ships using the nearby ports of Dampier and Walcott. The runway is capable of handling aircraft up to 737-800 size routinely, but can handle up to a Boeing 767-300, Boeing C17 or even Antonov AN124.
Karratha Airport is one of the busier regional airports in Western Australia that handles commercial fights and has played a major role in the development of the Pilbara region. The vast majority of the passengers are what is known in Australia as fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers.
Karratha Airport has undergone a major revamp following a Council decision to redevelop the terminal. The $35 million upgrade provided several major changes within the terminal and included new cafe, bar, combined arrivals and departure area, new toilet facilities, improved security screening and baggage reclaim. The terminal was officially opened by Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss on the 25th of September 2015.