Tom Price in Western Australia

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About the Kimberley
• The Kimberley in Australia is one of the last true wilderness areas on Earth, with rustic unique outback landscapes and landmarks billions of years in the making. Covering app 423,000 square kilometres in north Western Australia and with a population of less than 40,000 people, it’s here you’ll encounter some of the most extraordinary outback adventuresand folks in Australia. Discover ancient gorge country with hikes and trekking a must in planning your Kimberley vacation to enormous cattle stations, pristine coastline and sandy beaches, to one of the oldest cultures on the planet and the world’s only horizontal waterfalls.

Self drive along the Gibb River Road from Broome or Darwin is a Australia four wheel drive hire camper or wagon. The Gibb River Road was initially constructed as a beef road to transport cattle from the surrounding stations to the ports of Derby and Wyndham.It spans some six-hundred and seventy kilometres from Derby to the junction of the Great Northern Highway between Wyndham and Kununurra. © source and courtesy of wikipedia.org

About Tom Price in Western Australia
Tom Price Tom Price is located approximately 1600 km from Perth and is situated on the edge of the Hamersley Ranges, within the Shire of Ashburton. It is the highest town in Western Australia at 747m above sea level, hence the name "Top Town".

Weather in the area can be extreme, ranging from 0 degrees on a winter's night to 45 degrees on a summer's day. During the summer, hot clear days are experienced, with an average temperature of approximately 35 degrees. Winter months prove to be very pleasant with daytime temperatures varying from the low to mid 20s. The majority of rainfall is experienced during the summer months (Wet season) and is dependent upon the cyclone activity off the coast. On average, Tom Price receives approximately 330 mm of rainfall each year. - See more at: © source | courtesy of www.ashburton.wa.gov.au/

About Karratha in Western Australia
Karratha is a town adjoining the port of Dampier in the Pilbara region of Western Australia which was developed from the 1960s to accommodate the processing and exportation workforce of the Hamersley Iron mining company and, in the 1980s, the petroleum and liquefied natural gas operations of the North West Shelf Venture. At the 2011 census, Karratha had a population of 16,475. The town's name comes from the cattle station from which land was reclaimed for the development. Karratha in the local Aboriginal language means 'good country' or 'soft earth'. The town is the seat of government of the Shire of Roebourne.

About Onslow in Western Australia
Onslow is a coastal town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 1,386 kilometres (861 mi) north of Perth. It has a population of 667 people and is in the Shire of Ashburton local government area. Onslow was gazetted on 3 November 1885 as a town to serve the port at Ashburton Roads, at the mouth of the Ashburton River, exporting wool from sheep stations of the Pilbara hinterland.

About Newman in Western Australia
Newman is a town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is located about 1,186 kilometres (737 mi) north of Perth, and 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It can be reached by the Great Northern Highway. In the 2006 Australian census, its population was 4,245. Newman is a modern mining town, with suburban-style homes contrasting with the surrounding reddish desert.

The Hickman Crater is 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Newman.

About Paraburdoo in Western Australia
Paraburdoo is a town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The name of the town comes from the Aboriginal word for 'white cockatoo'. It is located 1,536 kilometres north of Perth and 79 kilometres southwest of Tom Price. Paraburdoo was developed in the early 1970s to support Hamersley Iron's (now Pilbara Iron) local iron ore mining operations, and gazetted as a town in 1972. Most of the town's residents are employed by Pilbara Iron's mining operation and the supporting services. The region is served by Paraburdoo Airport, which is situated 9 km from the town. The town provides housing to workers of the three near-by Rio Tinto mines, those being the Channar, Eastern Range and Paraburdoo mine. Highway just outside the town of Paraburdoo showing the high iron oxide concentrations in the soil Paraburdoo from the air.

About Exmouth in Western Australia
Exmouth is a town on the tip of the North West Cape in Western Australia. The town is located 1,270 kilometres (789 mi) north of the state capital Perth and 3,366 kilometres (2,092 mi) southwest of Darwin. The town was established in 1967 to support the nearby United States Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt. Beginning in the late 1970s, the town began hosting U.S. Air Force personnel assigned to Learmonth Solar Observatory, a defence science facility jointly operated with Australia's Ionospheric Prediction Service.

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About Exmouth in Western Australia
Exmouth is a town on the tip of the North West Cape in Western Australia. The town is located 1,270 kilometres (789 mi) north of the state capital Perth and 3,366 kilometres (2,092 mi) southwest of Darwin. The town was established in 1967 to support the nearby United States Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt. Beginning in the late 1970s, the town began hosting U.S. Air Force personnel assigned to Learmonth Solar Observatory, a defence science facility jointly operated with Australia's Ionospheric Prediction Service.

More on Exmouth in Western Australia
If you are travelling north to Exmouth along the North West Coastal Highway, travel 152 km north of Carnarvon and turn left at the Minilya Exmouth Road. From here it is 200 km to Exmouth townsite. If you are travelling south to Exmouth turn off the North West Coastal Highway 110km south of the Nanutarra Roadhouse onto Burkett Road. From here it’s 80 km to the Minilya Exmouth Road. At this junction, turn right to Exmouth (89 km).

Ningaloo Reef
Ningaloo Marine Park protects one of Australia’s most important tracts of reef - the Ningaloo Reef. It is one of the longest fringing reefs in the world and only one of two coral reefs in the world that have formed on the western side of a continent. The Ningaloo Marine park stretches from Bundegi Beach near Exmouth for 260 km along the West Coast to Amherst Point south of Coral Bay. The Ningaloo reef protects a lagoon that is on average only 2-4 m deep and is rich in marine life. It is unique because of this and its close proximity to the coast - in many areas it is only 5-10 m offshore allowing for easy access from the coast. Some 250 species of coral and 500 species of fish have been recorded in the Ningaloo Marine park. There are limitless snorkel sites along the Ningaloo coastline and a variety of ways to access them. You can experience the Ningaloo Reef from a dive boat, catamaran, coral viewing boat, sea kayak, from the air on a scenic flight, or by snorkelling from the beach. Ningaloo reef is not only a spectacular wonder of nature but also forms an important habitat for many amazing creatures. The Ningaloo Reef is one of only two areas in the world where Whalesharks regularly congregate in numbers that facilitate tours and human interaction. The Ningaloo Marine park is made up of approximately 224 ooo hectares of State Government controlled waters and about 700km 2 of Commonwealth waters.
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