Paul Cavanagh adjusts his straw hat, the brim so wide it casts a shadow on the dog sitting on his lap.
“It’s so hot, you’re sort of fizzling away,” he smiles.
Whether they come to Wyndham, Western Australia’s northernmost town, by boat or by car, all visitors feel the heat.
Paul Cavanagh in front of the Wyndham port’s only pub, which is currently closed. (ABC Kimberley: Giulia Bertoglio)
With an annual average temperature above 35 degrees, it feels like a lot from this town has disappeared into hot air — shops, cafes, the pub, even residents.
Gazetted in 1886, Wyndham port once bustled with stockmen, gold prospectors and meatworks employees.
But when they left, so did the shop owners, leaving behind empty buildings with facades faded by…
