Pithera
Australia / Pithara , Western Australia
Location ID: #10083432
Pithara primarily serves as a base for the local farming community, and serves large numbers of visitors during the spring when wildflowers bloom. The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops. The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling. In 1932 the Wheat Pool of Western Australia installed two engine-driven grain elevators at the Pithara railway siding, marking the transition from manual handling of bagged grain to bulk handlingn the region.
Location Category:
- AGRICULTURE - *;
- AGRICULTURE - Barns & Silos;
- BUSINESSES / BUILDINGS - *;
- BUSINESSES / BUILDINGS - Banks;
- CITIES / TOWNS / SUBURBS - *;
- CITIES / TOWNS / SUBURBS - Country Towns / Villages;
- CITIES / TOWNS / SUBURBS - Outback Towns;
- OUTBACK - *;
- ROADS / HIGHWAYS - *;
- ROADS / HIGHWAYS - Rural / Country Roads;
- STORES / SHOPS - *;
- STORES / SHOPS - General Stores;
- STORES / SHOPS - Period Shops / Historic