Giles Meteorological Station   WA  0872
Population: Staff - 4
Height above sea level: ,  
Latitude: -25.0200 Longitude: 128.1800
Location: 750km SW of Alice Springs - 330 from Yulara
Highway: Gunbarret Hwy
Nearest Major Town: Yulara NT
Nearest Airport: Yulara NT
Touring Area: Goldfields - Esperance
Weather station on the Gunbarrel Hwy between Ayers Rock and Perth.
The nearest township is the Warakurna aboriginal settlement (pop, 180), 5 km north.
It is the only staffed weather station within an area of about 2,500,000 square kilometres and is situated mid-continent fulfilling an important role as a weather and climate observatory for the country, particularly eastern and south-eastern Australia, and particularly for rainfall predictions.

If Ron Gosman reads this - please contact me. I have your original copy of the newspaper you produced in the antarctic. Pete Wilkins)



  
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