Blue Streak Rocket
Blue Streak Rocket is a historic site in Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku, Western Australia. Blue Streak Rocket is situated nearby to Len Beadell Gunbarrell Road Crew Grader, as well as near Giles Weather Station Museum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Giles Weather Station and Giles Airport.
Giles Weather Station
Monitoring station
Photo: Summerdrought, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giles Weather Station is located in the locality of Warakurna, Western Australia near the Northern Territory border, about 750 kilometres west-south-west of Alice Springs and 330 kilometres west of Uluru. Giles Weather Station is situated 120 metres west of Blue Streak Rocket.
Giles Airport
Aerodrome
Giles Airport services the Warakurna Community and the Giles Weather Station in eastern Western Australia. The airstrip was built during April and May 1956 by a team led by Len Beadell as part of establishing the weather station for the British nuclear tests at Maralinga and the Woomera Test Range.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warakurna.
Warakurna
Village
Warakurna is a large Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku and is situated on the Great Central Road. Warakurna is situated 4 km northwest of Blue Streak Rocket.
Blue Streak Rocket
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: industry, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-25.03366° or 25° 2′ 1″ southLongitude
128.30365° or 128° 18′ 13″ eastOpen location code
5Q6CX883+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 14081357401OpenStreetMap feature
historic=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Len Beadell Gunbarrell Road Crew Grader and Giles Weather Station Museum.
Nearby Places
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