Augusta, Western Australia

Flinders Bay

On 30th July 1986, 114 false killer whales stranded on the Augusta town beach. After a long battle involving over 500 volunteers, ninety-six whales were saved in what was said to be the world's most successful whale rescue at that time.

The old water wheel provided water from a nearby spring to the Leeuwin lighthouse and cottages. It's now encrusted in calcified lime.





Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, just south of Augusta, circa 1896, marks the spot where the Southern Ocean meets the Indian Ocean and still serves as an important navigational and weather facility.

Port Augusta, South Australia

Foreshore

View from the Arid Lands Botanical Gardens Centre

Town View

Set in the shadow of the Flinders Ranges, Port Augusta is called the Cross Roads of Australia because it has a constant stream of visitors coming and going.

From here, roads branch north east to the Flinders Ranges and the Birdsville Track, north west to Alice Springs, east to Broken Hill and New South Wales, west to the Nullarbor and Western Australia and south to Adelaide.

The Wadlata Outback Centre located at the Visitor's Information Centre is one of the most visited attractions in South Australia and a self guided tour of the Arid Lands Botanic Gardens is also worthwhile.