Western Australia Tourist Region
The Eyre Highway between Balladonia and Caiguna in Western Australia is the longest straight stretch of road in Australia, at a long 146.6 kilometres or 90 miles. The eastern end of the 90 Mile Straight is also the location and name of Hole 11 of the Nullarbor Golf Links Course , the world’s longest golf … Read more
The Eyre Highway between Balladonia and Caiguna in Western Australia is the longest straight stretch of road in Australia, at a long 146.6 kilometres or 90 miles. It would be the longest in the world if it were not for Highway 10 in Saudi Arabia is not quite twice as long at 162 miles or … Read more
Skylab is a space research laboratory from the 1970s that crashed leaving a trail of debris from Esperance through Balladonia and up to Zanthus in Western Australia. Skylab was America’s first experimental space station, launched on the last Saturn V rocket. Its objectives were to prove that humans can live and work in space over … Read more
The Earthquake Site in Meckering, Western Australia, is the ruins of a stone farmhouse that was flattened by the Meckering Earthquake in 1968. The weather was really poor so we didn’t travel all the way to the ruins, stopping at the Earthquake Fault Line. The ‘Salisbury’ homestead was built in 1904 and flattened by the … Read more
The Earthquake Fault Line is a short distance from Meckering in South Australia and on the way to the Earthquake Site. The fault line is of the Meckering Fault Line which had a major earthquake in 1968. The earthquake is the most destructive that has occurred in Australia, destroying nearly 100 buildings and felt hundreds … Read more
Australia is fortunate to have no major fault lines but the Meckering Earthquake is an example that it is not immune from experiencing seismic activity. The Meckering Earthquake occurred in 1968 on the morning of the 14th of October. It was the most destructive earthquake recorded in Australia, destroying close to 100 buildings in Meckering … Read more
The Big SLR Camera is a photographic museum on the Great Eastern Highway in Meckering, about 135km east of Perth. The museum is a non-accredited information centre and can provide information about the Meckering earthquake and local tourism information. The Big SLR Camera is next to the Meckering Earthquake Display so you can find out … Read more
The Meckering Fault Line is where Australia’s most destructive earthquake occurred in 1968. This brown sign marks where the fault crosses over the Great Eastern Highway, about 5km west from Meckering. The earthquake destroyed nearly 100 buildings and damaged the highway, cracking the road and creating a large raised section. Railways, telephone and power lines … Read more
