Exploring Australia, town by town
Eucla Located in the Wheat Belt – South area of Western Australia, Eucla is in the Yilgarn local government area, and within the electoral seat of Durack. Eucla at a glance Postcode 6443 Latitude -32.4581005 Longitude 123.8667501 Altitude 159.3326569 (metres above sea level) Population of Eucla WA At the 2021 national census, the population of […]
Mundrabilla Located in the Wheat Belt – South area of Western Australia, Mundrabilla is in the Yilgarn local government area, and within the electoral seat of Durack. Mundrabilla at a glance Postcode 6443 Latitude -32.4581005 Longitude 123.8667501 Altitude 159.3326569 (metres above sea level) Population of Mundrabilla WA At the 2021 national census, the population of […]
Myponga Located in the Fleurieu – Kangaroo Island area of South Australia, Myponga is in the Yankalilla local government area, and within the electoral seat of Mayo. Myponga at a glance Postcode: 5202 Latitude: -35.3966443 Longitude: 138.5950968 Altitude: 229.6340942 (metres above sea level) Population of Myponga SA At the 2021 national census, the population of […]
Higginsville Located in the Wheat Belt – South area of Western Australia, Higginsville is in the Yilgarn local government area, and within the electoral seat of Durack. Higginsville at a glance Postcode 6443 Latitude -32.4581005 Longitude 123.8667501 Altitude 159.3326569 (metres above sea level) Population of Higginsville WA At the 2021 national census, the population of […]
Norseman Postcode: 6443 Norseman is located on Great Southern Highway, 724 km east of Perth via Great Eastern Highway and Coolgardie-Esperance Highway, and has a population of about 1,000. It contains a district high school (opened 1894), and ANZ and BankWest banks, shopping facilities, accommodation (hotel, motel, caravan park), district hospital, council offices and a […]
Madura Postcode: 6443 Madura is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia, on the Nullarbor Plain. It is 1,253 kilometres (779 mi) from Perth. 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 […]
Mundrabilla Postcode: 6443 Mundrabilla is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia, on the Nullarbor Plain, 67 kilometres (42 mi) west of Eucla and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the Great Australian Bight. Mundrabilla station, the first sheep station on the Nullarbor, was established by Bill and Ann […]
Loongana Postcode: 6443 Loongana is a remote siding on the transcontinental railway line in the Australian state of Western Australia. The area was formerly the site of a lime mine and processing plant. The Indian Pacific train, run by Great Southern Railways, still stops here on request twice a week.
Eucla Postcode: 6443 Eucla is the easternmost town in Western Australia, located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia along the Eyre Highway, approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of the South Australian border. The name Eucla is believed to originate from an Aboriginal word “Yinculyer” which one source gives as referring to the rising […]
Cocklebiddy Postcode: 6443 Cocklebiddy is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia. It is the third stop east of Norseman on the long journey east across the Nullarbor Plain. The area is noted for its underground caves and lakes. Cocklebiddy started as an Aboriginal mission station, of which only the […]
