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National Highways and Routes in Western Australia Highways in south-west Western Australia Road routes in Perth. Road routes in Western Australia assist drivers navigating roads in urban, rural, and scenic areas of the state. [1] The route numbering system is composed of National Highways, National Routes, State Routes, and Tourist Drives.
Great Northern Highway is an Australian highway that links Western Australia's capital city Perth with its northernmost port, Wyndham.With a length of almost 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi), it is the longest highway in Australia, with the majority included as part of the Perth Darwin National Highway.
In 1950, Broome was the setting for Arthur Upfield's novel The Widows of Broome, his 12th novel featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte ("Bony"). Gantheaume Point, circa 1910. Dinosaur footprints dated as Early Cretaceous in age (approximately 130 million years ago) were discovered 30 m (98 ft) out to sea at Gantheaume Point in the 1960s.
A coastal Australind–Mandurah route was completed by 2 November 1842. Though the road was rebuilt by convicts in the 1850s, its importance was already declining. With a new road via Pinjarra at the foothills of the Darling Scarp completed in 1876, and the opening of the Perth−Bunbury railway in 1893, few people travelled up the old coastal ...
Broome International Airport (IATA: BME, ICAO: YBRM) is a regional airport located 0.4 nautical miles (0.74 km; 0.46 mi) west of the Broome GPO, Western Australia. Broome International Airport is the regional hub of the northwestern part of Western Australia. It is considered the gateway to the Kimberley region. In the year ending 30 June 2011 ...
In May 2018, Main Roads Western Australia, an agency of the Government of Western Australia, started work to upgrade and seal Cape Leveque Road between Broome Highway and Beagle Bay. [3] [4] This work was funded under the Northern Australia Roads Program, with $65.7 million from the state and federal governments, and was completed in late 2020. [5]
Freeways, highways, and arterial roads in Perth, Western Australia form the basis of the road network inside the Perth Metropolitan Region. Main Roads Western Australia controls and maintains all freeways and highways, as well as some arterial roads, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] collectively known as state roads.
Nexus Airlines is an Australian regional airline based in Kununurra, Western Australia, [1] owned by HMC Group (who also own Aviair), which launched on 17 May 2023. [2] The inaugural flight, part of Western Australia's Inter-Regional Flight Network (IRFN) from Geraldton to Broome occurred on 10 July. [3]