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Dongara - WA 

Populated Place Town
Service Station,Roadhouse Caravan Park Fuel Water Supply Toilet Pub Food,Shopping Beach Police Station Medical Services Resort,Motel Point of Interest
PlaceID60006
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Latitude29.25098º S 29º 15" 3.53' S
Longitude114.9352º E 114º 56" 6.68' E
Altitude-20
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 Description
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 Important Notes
 Weather & Climate
 Recommended Reading
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 Description of Dongara
Dongara-Denison . Gateway to the Batavia Coast Just 3½ hours north of Perth by car lies Western Australia's Mid West region and the twin towns of Dongara and Port Denison.This area offers a relaxed lifestyle with beautiful beaches, historical sites and a healthy fishing industry.The main street, Moreton Terrace, is lined with Moreton Bay Fig trees which were planted in 1906 and are now a focal point of the town.
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Originally built on a strong rural economy, Dongara and Port Denison now have a thriving rock lobster fishing and processing industry and is ever-increasing in popularity as a place for tourists.
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 Weather & Climate for Dongara

Closest Weather Station

Geraldton Airport at 22:00 19 Jul WST
Distance from Dongara 55.65km NW
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
8.2°C 5.6°C 86% 6.0°C 1027.6hPa 0.0mm ESE 9km/h
5knots		 11km/h
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Closest Climatic Station

Geraldton Airport
Distance from Dongara 55.65km NW
 JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C 31.632.530.927.6 24.020.819.520.0 22.024.427.129.4
Mean Min. °C 18.219.117.915.4 12.910.99.48.9 9.210.913.816.3
Mean Rain mm 5.810.816.324.0 71.2100.792.665.7 32.519.29.45.3

 What Others Say about Dongara
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 Treks passing Dongara
Perth to Coral Bay
This highway based trek note follows Route No. One up the WA coast to the tourist Mecca of Coral Bay. Take in the coastal towns of the Batavia Coast, including Dongara and Geraldton - maybe staying overnight or two before reaching the southern gateway to the Ningaloo Reef. [Feature Story]

 Places within 5km of Dongara
Port Denison [2.58km]  
Populated Place Beach Place Name
Peaceful fishing and holiday town adjacent to Dongara. Possibly the Rock Lobster capital of WA. Beautiful wildflowers in the Spring.
Arurine Bay [2.63km]  
Bay,Inlet,Cove 
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Bonniefield [3.1km]  
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Leander Point [3.47km]  
Populated Place Cape,Headland,Point Point of Interest
Scenic views overlooking Port Denison/Dongara with Indian Ocean breakers crashing on a reef and fishing boats moored safely in the harbour.
South Beach [4.03km]  
Beach 
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Port Denison [2.58km]
Leander Point [3.47km]
Arurine Bay [2.63km]
South Beach [4.03km]
Bonniefield [3.1km]

 Recommended Reading for Dongara
Item Image Natmap Raster 2005
This NATMAP Raster was released in April 2005. This is a 4 CD set that contains all 1:250 000 scale NATMAP topographic maps covering Australia, published to December 2004.
Item Image Natmap Raster 2005: Premium - DVD
This new NATMAP Raster was released in April 2005. This is a 2 DVD set that contains all 1:250 000 scale NATMAP topographic maps covering Australia, published to December 2004.
$119.00 [Add to Cart]
Item Image Batavia Coast
Excellent, detailed map including camping areas, caravan parks, picnic areas and covers major towns and attractions. Covers Cervantes, Dongara-Port Denison, Geraldton, Jurien, Kalbarri, Kalbarri Coastal Gorges, Northampton.
Item Image Mid West
Excellent, detailed map including camping areas, caravan parks, picnic areas and covers major towns and attractions. Also includes town maps and information on Cue, Gascoyne Junction, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Mullewa, Sandstone, Wiluna and Yalgoo.
Item Image Mid West South West WA
On one side, this map covers from the Overlander Roadhouse, in as far as Kalgoorlie and down to the south coast. The other side is zoomed in and covers from Yanchep down to Pinjarrah and in as far as York. It also has a CBD map of Perth and Fremantle as well as a map of Rottnest Island.
Item Image Mid West Western Australia
Covering far more than just the Mid west this brand new map covers the west coast from Onslow to Mandurah and Kalgorlie in the west. Its a double sided map with detailed text about where to find wildflowers, information about specific locations in the mid west and goldfields and points of interest along the Great Eastern Highway.
Item Image Mid West WA CD Map
The Mid West WA CD Map offers Hema’s Mid West WA paper map in formats ready for use with your GPS tracking software, plus all the text and photos from the original map in an easy-to-use webpage format.
Item Image Gascoyne Mid West
This double sided map covers from Perth to Monkey Mia on one side and Monkey Mia to Port Hedland on the other inlcuding areas in the centre of Western Australia. Also includes distance charts, information on popular destinations, temperature chart, attractions, localities, national parks and more. Comes in plastic wallet.

 Important Notes
Whilst indicating location of water supplies, ExplorOz makes no recommendation with regard to the quality of water for drinking purposes. We strongly recommend that when travelling you take ample supplies of water from reliable drinking water sources.