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Fitzroy Crossing is a small town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 400 kilometres (250 mi) east of Broome and 300 kilometres (190 mi) west of Halls Creek.It is approximately 2,524 kilometres (1,568 mi) from the state capital of Perth.
Danggu Gorge National Park, Fitzroy River, 2007. Dan͟ggu Geikie Gorge), formerly Geikie Gorge, is a feature of the Napier Range located within the National Park, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Fitzroy Crossing. It is believed to be one of the best-known and most easily accessed gorges in the region.
It is located south-east of Fitzroy Crossing; 54 km by the sealed Great Northern Highway and 9 km by the unsealed Cherrabun Road. Ngalingkadji community is also referred to as Chestnut Bore. Ngalingkadji community is also referred to as Chestnut Bore.
Fitzroy Crossing Airport (IATA: FIZ, ICAO: YFTZ) is located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest [1] of Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia.. The Airport has basic amenities including an undercover waiting area, water fountain and toilet facility for passengers.
It is situated about 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Fitzroy Crossing and approximately 230 kilometres (143 mi) south east of Derby, Western Australia in the Kimberley region. The property has approximately 35 miles (56 km) of double frontage to the Fitzroy River, including many permanent pools of water. Mount Hardman and numerous creeks are also ...
Noonkanbah Station (or just Noonkanbah) is a pastoral lease, both a cattle and sheep station, on the Fitzroy River between Camballin and Fitzroy Crossing in the south central Kimberley region of Western Australia. The station was pegged out in the 1880s and covered approximately 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi).
Record floods occurred in 1983, 1986, [19] 2002, [20] and 2023 with approximately 13 to 15 metres of water over the old concrete crossing. The flow rate down the 15 km-wide flood plain at Fitzroy Crossing was estimated to be 60,000 cubic metres per second, [21] making it the biggest rush of water in any river in Australia in recorded history.
Wangkatjungka is a large Aboriginal community located 130 km south east of Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Derby–West Kimberley. Native title [ edit ]