ROXBY DOWNS - SOUTH AUSTRALIA - 5725
Population: 2.500,  
Latitude: 30.3300
Longitude: 136.5300
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Nearest Major Town: Port Augusta
Nearest Airport: Roxby Downs
Touring Area: Flinders Ranges & The Outback
The Cultural and Information Centre.
Roxby Downs is a mining town built to service the Olympic Dam mine and provide a comfortable residential area with modern facilities for workers at the mine.
A bitumen road leads to the township from Woomera off the Stuart Hwy at Pimba and passes through semi-arid country to the west of the Flinders Ranges.
Olympic Dam is one of the richest uranium deposits in the world and byproducts of mining include copper, silver and others including gold.
The town has all modern facilities including a motel, hotel, shopping centre, service stations, takeaway food places and restaurants.
facilities include a swimming pool and gymnasium, and the Cultural Centre provides theatrical and artistic events.
A free Wilkins Tourist Maps map is available locally.
PLACES OF INTEREST:
  • Cultural Centre
  • Swimming Pool
  • Mine Tours
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    INFORMATION CENTRE:
    Roxby Downs Cultural Precinct
    Richardson Pl. Roxby Downs. SA 5725
    Ph: 08 8671 2001
    HOW TO GET THERE:
    By car along the Stuart Hwy to Woomera then north east to Roxby and Olympic Dam.
  • Regional airport with daily flights
  • Coach to Port Augusta

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