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Power is supplied by Horizon Power, who run a diesel power station in the town.The town supplies its own water from bores, which is treated by the Water Corporation.The Carnarvon–Mullewa Road, which passes through the town, is sealed between Carnarvon and Gascoyne Junction; a ceremony to mark the reconstruction of the last section was held on 20 May 2011.
Before the mid-1920s, travelling north from Geraldton necessitated going through Mullewa, Dairy Creek and Gascoyne Junction. In 1926, a direct route joining Geraldton and Carnarvon was constructed, shortening the trip by 160 km (100 mi). At first, this was little more than a rough bush track, at least partly used for extracting sandalwood. As ...
Carnarvon (/ k ər ˈ n ɑːr v ə n / kər-NAR-vən) is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres (560 mi) north of Perth, in Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean .
The Carnarvonshire Railway was absorbed into the LNWR in 1869. [2] At the grouping of the railways in 1921 the LNWR became part of the LMS.. At Afon Wen, a junction connected with the Cambrian Line to Pwllheli in one direction and to Porthmadog in the other, with the LNWR (and later LMS) having running rights to both.
The property is situated near Gascoyne Junction, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) east of Carnarvon and 310 kilometres (190 mi) north of Kalbarri. The property has double frontage to an approximately 50-kilometre (31 mi) length of the Gascoyne River, and backs onto the Kennedy Range in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. [1]
Gascoyne Trading Company (GTC) was a transport company in Western Australia. It was established in 1924 by Keith Anderson and Charles Kingsford Smith in Carnarvon. [1] [2] One of its early contracts was the mail run through the Gascoyne to Meekatharra. [3] [4] It expanded to serve industries between Perth and the Pilbara. [5] [6]
North West Coastal Highway near Wooramel. Wooramel Station is a pastoral lease and sheep station located 78 kilometres (48 mi) east of Denham and 113 kilometres (70 mi) south east of Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
An Act for making and maintaining a Railway or Tram Road from or near a certain Slate Quarry called Gloddfarlon, in the Parish of Llandwrog, in the County of Carnarvon, to the Town and Port of Carnarvon, in the same County. Citation: 6 Geo. 4. c. lxiii: Dates; Royal assent: 20 May 1825: Text of statute as originally enacted