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Lake Ballard - WA 

Water Body,River,Stream,Falls 
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PlaceID915
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Latitude29.44905º S 29º 26" 56.58' S
Longitude120.6038º E 120º 36" 13.65' E
Altitude346
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 Description of Lake Ballard

Salt Lake 51km from Menzies. Significant for its 51 sculptures by Antony Gormley , who scanned the locals and mapped there bodies in 3D, then reduced them to 2/3rds there normal size. The finished product is a sculpture refered to as the insider. The cast is an alloy made from molybdenum, vanadium and titanium , materials that are found in the Archean Rock of W.A. Best time to view the sculptures are sunset, sunrise and on a full moon!!
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 Weather & Climate for Lake Ballard

Closest Weather Station

Leonora Airport at 01:00 06 Jul WST
Distance from Lake Ballard 93.94km NE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
11.6°C 7.3°C 72% 6.8°C 1024.4hPa 0.0mm S 19km/h
10knots
30km/h
16knots

Closest Climatic Station

Leonora
Distance from Lake Ballard 94.43km NE
 JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C 36.935.332.727.9 22.818.918.420.5 24.928.732.335.4
Mean Min. °C 21.720.918.614.8 10.27.36.06.9 10.013.517.020.0
Mean Rain mm 24.229.629.020.5 24.725.218.616.3 9.19.311.616.7

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 Treks passing Lake Ballard

Goldfields Loop
Go back to the turbulent days when new towns sprouted soon after a gold find only to turn to ruins after the gold dried up. The trek paints the picture of the gold rush days in WA, the jubilance and hardships faced and the towns that survived. [Feature Story]

 Recommended Reading for Lake Ballard

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 Goldfields & Esperance
Excellent, detailed map including camping areas, caravan parks, picnic areas and covers major towns and attractions. This map includes a regional map as well as towns maps and descriptions of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Coolgardie, Kambalda, Norseman, Esperance and Cape Le Grand.
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 Great Desert Tracks of Australia SW
This is just one map from the 6 map set of the Great Desert Tracks Map Pack. This particular map covers the Gunbarrel Hwy, Great Central Road, Connie Sue Hwy and David Carnegie Road.
$14.95 [Add to Cart]Latest Edition
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.

 Important Notes

Whilst indicating location of water bodies, 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.