Port Hedland - Road heading north
Australia / Port Hedland, Western Australia
Location ID: #10099920
Great Northern Highway 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. The highway is constructed as a sealed, predominantly two-lane single carriageway, but with some single-lane bridges in the Kimberley. Great Northern Highway travels through remote areas of the state, and is the only sealed road link between the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia. Economically, it provides vital access through the Wheatbelt and Mid West to the resource-rich regions of the Pilbara and Kimberley. In these areas, the key industries of mining, agriculture and pastoral stations, and tourism are all dependent on the highway.
Port Headland is a 2 hour flight north of Perth or a 18 hour drive.
Location Category:
- AGRICULTURE - *;
- AGRICULTURE - Fields / Pastures / Meadows;
- AGRICULTURE - Livestocks / Stockyards / Slaughterhouses;
- AUTOS / VEHICLES - *;
- AUTOS / VEHICLES - Busses / Bus Stations / Bus Stops;
- AUTOS / VEHICLES - Gas Stations / Service Stations / Petrol Stations / Garages;
- AUTOS / VEHICLES - Parking Lots / Car Parks / Garages;
- AUTOS / VEHICLES - Repair Shops / Garages;
- HOTELS / MOTELS - *;
- HOTELS / MOTELS - Camping / Camp Grounds;
- HOUSING - *;
- HOUSING - Caravan Parks;
- HOUSING - Mobile / Trailer Parks;
- INDUSTRIAL - *;
- INDUSTRIAL - Quarries / Mines;
- LAKES / RIVERS - *;
- LAKES / RIVERS - Salt Lake;
- LANDSCAPES - *;
- LANDSCAPES - Bushland / Scrub;
- LANDSCAPES - Red Dirt;
- LANDSCAPES - Rock Formations / Cliffs;
- MINING - *;
- ROADS / HIGHWAYS - *;
- ROADS / HIGHWAYS - Dirt / Unpaved Roads;
- ROADS / HIGHWAYS - Flat / Straight Roads;
- ROADS / HIGHWAYS - Red Dirt;
- ROADS / HIGHWAYS - Rural / Country Roads;
- STORES / SHOPS - *;
- STORES / SHOPS - Petrol Stations;
- TRANSPORTATION - *