Archive for March, 2009

Wingham

Posted by Thulung on March 29th, 2009 under Photo Australia, Towns & Cities Tags:  •  No Comments

Wingham, small town in northern NSW, about 330 km north east of Sydney and about 12km north west of Taree. It is the oldest town in Manning Valley, situated in Manning River about 30m above the sea level. Since it is situated beside the river it one of the hot spot for water sports. Dairy farming and cattle [...]

Ceduna

Posted by Thulung on March 24th, 2009 under Towns & Cities Tags:  •  No Comments

Ceduna is a small coastal town in Far West Coast of South Australia. Ceduna built on secenic Murat Bay on the eastern side of Great Australian Bight, located approximately 2,000km west of Perth and 800km north west of Adelaide. The town with the population of about 2,000 is the major town before crossing the Nullarbor [...]

Dampier

Posted by Thulung on March 15th, 2009 under Towns & Cities Tags:  •  No Comments

Dampier is a small Western Australian town and port in Roebourne Shire on the north-west of the state of Western Australia. Dampier was named after English pirate, William Dampier. It was built in 1965 to handle iron ore mined at Mount Tom Price, which are mainly shipped to Japan and Europe. It is about 1,600km north of Perth, [...]

Geraldton

Posted by Thulung on March 4th, 2009 under Towns & Cities Tags:  •  No Comments

Geraldton is a town and a port in Western Australia, about 420km north of Perth, the state capital and the largest city of Western Australia. It is about 4 to 5 hours drive from Perth. It is the fifth largest city of WA, with the population of about 31,000 and the second busiest port in [...]