Forrest's Camp 59 WA @ ExplorOz

Weather & Climate for Forrest's Camp 59

Closest Weather Station

Carnegie at 15:00 02 Dec WDT

Distance from Forrest's Camp 59 121.16km W

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
42.0°C	58.9°C	81%	38.1°C	-hPa	0.0mm	NW	6km/h 3knots	-km/h -knots

Closest Climatic Station

Carnegie

Distance from Forrest's Camp 59 121.16km W

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	38.3	36.8	33.8	29.8	25.2	21.1	21.1	23.6	28.6	32.5	35.4	37.2
Mean Min. °C	23.3	22.8	20.0	16.1	10.9	7.0	5.7	7.3	11.8	16.2	19.3	22.1
Mean Rain mm	28.8	53.1	32.7	22.1	16.7	15.0	12.5	7.6	3.5	4.8	11.0	23.8

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Treks passing Forrest's Camp 59

David Carnegie Road
The David Carnegie Rd is a little travelled track between the Great Central Rd and the Gunbarrel Hwy. It is a spectacular piece of country with rocky outcrops, spinifex plains and breakaways and in parts challenging 4WDing with deep ruts and washaways. [Feature Story]

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John Forrest’s Camp 59, (the site of his 59th camp from Geraldton, whilst on his 1874 expedition to the overland telegraph line), it is located at the southern end of a plateau area and is only 4.5 kms east of the David Carnegie Road. The turn off is marked by tree branches tied to a star picket. The site of Camp 59 is marked by a small rock cairn and has a tin buried in it containing names and dates of previous visitors.