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List Of Roadhouses In Western Australia
Western Australia has extensive long-distance highways with few localities along them. Privately owned general stores known as roadhouses have been established at strategic points as an important utility for petrol, food, accommodation, emergency facilities and general supplies. They are also useful reference points in any response to accidents, floods, crime and other emergencies. North-western roadhouses are found next to river crossings or close to station homesteads. In the event of flooding of the North West Coastal Highway, they are locations where vehicles including road trains can be safely encamped and accounted for when a sudden deluge may make the road impassable. On the Nullarbor or Eyre Highway, places designated as roadhouses are in some cases also vested as localities and, in some cases, known as roadhouse communities. The following list is of roadhouses that exist in isolation, having little or no adjacent community infrastructure. It does not include roadh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Beadell Highway
Anne Beadell Highway is an outback unsealed track linking Coober Pedy, South Australia, and Laverton, Western Australia, a total distance of . The track was surveyed and built by Len Beadell, Australian surveyor, who named it after his wife. The track passes through remote arid deserts and scrub territory of South Australia and Western Australia, which often have summer temperatures approaching . Sand dunes predominate for most of the track. Map and overview File:Anne Beadell Highway 0116.svg, The Anne Beadell Highway (depicted in purple) Map details as at 1972 The road was constructed to provide access for a series of surveys adding to the overall geodetic survey of unexplored parts of Australia. The information was required for rocket range projects at Woomera. Construction was completed in five stages, spanning nine years from 1953 to 1962. The first stage from Mabel Creek station near Coober Pedy, west towards Emu Field, was built in February and March 1953 to provide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Highways In Western Australia
Highways in Western Australia include both roads that are named as a highway, and roads that have been declared as a highway under the Main Roads Act 1930. The standard of highways range from two-lane roads, common in rural areas, to controlled access, grade separated freeways in Perth. In legislation, a highway is a type of road controlled and maintained by the state road authority, Main Roads Western Australia. Any road or section of road may be proclaimed a highway by the Governor of Western Australia, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Main Roads, under Section 13 of the Main Roads Act 1930. Section 14 of the act allows for the creation of new highways. Main Roads assigns each highway a name and number, which may vary from the official road names used on road signs and by the general public. The highway number does not correspond to a road route that may be allocated to the highway, and some highways are not part of a numbered route. Proclaimed highways Main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Driver Fatigue
Sleep-deprived driving (commonly known as tired driving, drowsy driving, or fatigued driving) is the operation of a motor vehicle while being cognitively impaired by a lack of sleep. Sleep deprivation is a major cause of motor vehicle accidents, and it can impair the human brain as much as inebriation can. According to a 1998 survey, 23% of adults have fallen asleep while driving.Peters, Robert D"Effects of Partial and Total Sleep Deprivation on Driving Performance" US Department of Transportation, February 1999. According to the United States Department of Transportation, male drivers admit to have fallen asleep while driving twice as much as female drivers. In the United States, 250,000 drivers fall asleep at the wheel every day, according to the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School and in a national poll by the National Sleep Foundation, 54% of adult drivers said they had driven while drowsy during the past year with 28% saying they had actually fallen asleep wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Central Road
The Great Central Road is a mostly unsealed Australian Australian outback, outback highway that runs from Laverton, Western Australia to Yulara, Northern Territory (near Uluru, Uluru / Ayers Rock). It passes through a number of small communities on the way. History The Great Central Road has its origins in the early 1930s when Warburton, Western Australia, Warburton was established as a missionary settlement, and supplies were delivered from Laverton, Western Australia, Laverton via a rough bush track. By the mid 1950s, the track from Laverton had become graded dirt. In 1958 during survey for the Gunbarrel Highway as part of the Woomera, South Australia, Woomera rocket range project, Len Beadell visited Warburton and built a new road from Giles Weather Station, Giles via the Rawlinson Range to Warburton. At Jackie Junction north of Warburton, the Gunbarrel Highway branched from this road towards Carnegie Station further west. Beadell returned to Giles via a different bush tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjukayirla Roadhouse, Western Australia
Tjukayirla Roadhouse (commonly pronounced "Chook-a–year-la") is a remote roadhouse on the Great Central Road in Western Australia. It is located in the Shire of Laverton and operated by the Papulankutja (Blackstone) Community, one of the founding members of the Ngaanyatjarra Council. The roadhouse offers various styles of accommodation, including twin-share rooms, self-contatined units, and a powered campground with facilities for caravans and tents. The name of the roadhouse derives from the Tjukayirla rockholes, which are located at the southwest end of the campground. Nearby attractions include the marker erected by surveyors Harry L. Paine and Hugh C. Barclay in 1931 on their expedition to the Warburton Ranges Warburton or Warburton Ranges is an Aboriginal Australian community in Western Australia, just to the south of the Gibson Desert and located on the Great Central Road (part of the Outback Way) and Gunbarrel Highway. At the , Warburton had a pop ..., known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roebuck Plains Station
Roebuck Plains Station is a pastoral lease that is located close to the township of Broome in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is one of the closest pastoral leases to Broome. Roebuck Plains is also the name of a roadhouse on the Great Northern Highway, just east of Broome. The ''Plains'' in the name is associated with wetlands situated adjacent to Roebuck Bay. Description The station is located approximately east of Broome on a rich marine floodplain. It occupies an area of and is able to support around 20,000 head of cattle. The property is a mixture of floodplains and sandy pindan country. History The traditional owners of the area are the Yawuru peoples. The property was acquired and developed by the pearlers, Streeter and Company, to supply meat to Broome. A slaughterhouse was also established on the outskirts of town to process the cattle and sheep that were being raised on the property. The homestead burnt down in 1949; the fire started from a defect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overlander, Western Australia
__NOTOC__ The Overlander Roadhouse is a petrol service station in Western Australia, between Geraldton and Carnarvon on the North West Coastal Highway. Its remoteness has led to the area around it being known as ''Overlander'', though there is no such official locality. Due to the isolation, nearby station owners and workers have referred to it in their recounting station life in the area in the Shark Bay Pastoral Industry Oral History Project. It is on the only road-access point to the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, and is the closest service location to the Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve The Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve is a protected marine nature reserve located in the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Shark Bay in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The nature reserve boasts the most diverse and abundant examples .... The road linking the roadhouse with Shark Bay is known as ''World Heritage Drive''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanutarra Roadhouse
Nanutarra is a locality in Western Australia adjacent to where the Ashburton river is crossed by the North West Coastal Highway. It is also close to the turn-off for State Route 136 to Paraburdoo and Tom Price. It is south of the Onslow turn-off in the Cane River conservation park where it is on either side of the highway. Etymology The name is related to the locality, the pastoral lease Nanutarra Station, the bridge over the Ashburton river, the mine and the roadhouse. Due to its isolation from other localities, it is a reference point to issues along the North West Coastal Highway from some distance in either direction.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/11/3090874.htm in relation to a road accident December 2010 Geography To the south, the nearest significant stopping place, away, is Minilya: to the north the Fortescue River roadhouse is distant. Climate Nanutarra has a hot arid climate (Köppen ''BWh'') with sweltering summers, very warm winters and extreme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundrabilla, Western Australia
Mundrabilla is in a very sparsely populated area in the far south east of Western Australia. The two significant features are Mundrabilla Roadhouse and Mundrabilla Station, which are approximately apart. At the 2016 census, Mundrabilla had a population of 23, 32% male and 68% female. The time zone in use is UTC+08:45. Mundrabilla Roadhouse Mundrabilla Roadhouse was built by Roger and Pat Warren-Langford, who initially managed Mundrabilla Station. It is now a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia, on the Roe Plains (at a lower level and south of the Nullarbor Plain), west of Eucla and about north of the Great Australian Bight. Mundrabilla Station Mundrabilla Station (), the first sheep station in the Nullarbor region, was established by William Stuart McGill (a Scotsman) and Thomas and William Kennedy (two Irishmen) in 1872. Thomas Kennedy died in 1896. McGill's first wife Annie Harkness (née Crawford) died in childbirth in 1879. Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minilya, Western Australia
Minilya is a location in Western Australia north of Carnarvon on the North West Coastal Highway. It is at a junction in the North West Coastal Highway, where the turn off to Exmouth is from that location. The main highway then continues to the next junction 217 kilometres further, at Nanutarra Roadhouse. At the 2016 census, Minilya had a population of 19, down from 137 in 2006. Marsh Hill and the Lyndon River lie north of Minilya. The Lyndon River flows into Lake Macleod. Charles Brockman and George Hamersley were the first to visit the area, in 1876. Brockman and Hamersley named both the Minilya River (origin unknown, of an Aboriginal source) and the Lyndon River. The pseudonymous photographer Coyarre won multiple awards and was published in the ''Western Mail'' with her photographs of the area. See also * List of roadhouses in Western Australia * Minilya River * Minilya Station Minilya Station, most often referred to as Minilya, is a pastoral lease currently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madura, Western Australia
Madura is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia, on the Roe Plains. It is from Perth. It is at the foot of the escarpment next to the Madura Pass down from the Nullarbor Plain. UTC+8:45 is the local time zone in use. History Madura was settled in 1876 as a place to breed quality cavalry horses for the British Indian Army for use in the Northwest Frontier region of India (now part of Pakistan). The horses were shipped from the coast at Eucla. (Cervantes, north of Perth, was also used for breeding.) The site was chosen as it was one of the few with free flowing bore water in the area. The surrounding area is part of Madura Station, currently a sheep station, but previously used to graze cattle, horses and camels. Present day Like other locations in the Nullarbor Plain area, the area consists of little more than a roadhouse, open 06:00 to 21:00 each day. Two kilometres west of Madura is a scenic lookout with sweeping views of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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