Wintersun C/P, Carnarvon, WA

Carnarvon is located 895 km north of Perth on the North West Coastal Highway, Carnarvon. Located on the southern bank of the Gascoyne River it lies 3.3 metres above sea level and has an annual average rainfall of only 229 mm.

Carnarvon is a prosperous service town and holiday destination surrounded by banana plantations. It is located between Shark Bay and the Ningaloo Reef. Since the 1930s it has become famed for its produce with the rich flats of the Gascoyne River being used to grow bananas, avocados, coconuts, dates, macadamia nuts, mangoes, pawpaws, pecans, tomatoes, pineapples, melons and various varieties of beans due to the aquifers on the Gascoyne River. Today it supplies 70% of Western Australia's winter vegetable requirements. Carnarvon achieved fame when, on 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped out of Apollo 11 onto the surface of the moon. His famous words "One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind" were relayed via the tracking station at Carnarvon. Today the town has a range of tourist activities and is an important service centre for the surrounding properties.Weiterlesen