Patience Well - WA

  Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -23.508051 125.434303
DMS: 23º 30' 28.98" S 125º 26' 3.49" E
UTM: 51 K 7398130mN 748579mE
Altitude: 399.02m

Description

Place Type

Recreation - Tourist Attraction

Location

250.6kms West of Kiwirrkurra
313.03kms North of Warburton
557.88kms South of Yungngora
575.56kms East of Nullagine

Address & Contact

Gibson Desert South WA
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Information

Patience Well was discovered by explorer David Carnegie on 8 September 1896. He had found it in use by natives who had it dug down to 15 feet. It was an underground rock hole with bedrock and mud on one side.

Godfrey Massie, one of Carnegies companions was in the well when a section of the well caved in and he nearly lost his life.Carnegie writes, "I never saw a man come quicker out of a hole".

Carnegie stayed at the well until 11 September 1896 and named it "Patience Well" due to the trouble they had procuring water from it.

Patience Well was re-discovered on 6th July 2008 by Alan McCall of Perth.
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Warburton at 07/02:00pm WST
Distance from Patience Well 313.74km S
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
36.6°C35.2°C38%20.4°C1005.7hPa0.0mmNNE28km/hr
15knots
48km/hr
26knots

Closest Climatic Station

Warburton Airfield
Distance from Patience Well 313.74km S
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C38.036.533.929.324.320.720.723.127.931.634.336.6
Mean Min. °C22.922.119.915.110.46.45.77.111.215.518.521.3
Mean Rain mm28.536.731.418.015.417.912.99.85.714.824.731.5

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