List of roadhouses in Western Australia

Western Australia has extensive long distance highways that have few localities spaced on them - so the presence of roadhouses as an important utility for accommodation, emergency facilities, petrol and supplies cannot be under-rated.

Nullarbor or Eyre Highway roadhouses are designated as roadhouses although in some cases they are also vested as localities, and in some cases known as "roadhouse communities".

The following list many indicates roadhouses that exist in isolation - in most cases the localities listed below have no other adjacent community infrastructure. It does not include roadhouses which are in built up country towns.

Roadhouses

* Auski
* Balladonia
* Caiguna
* Cocklebiddy
* Doon Doon [ "Doon Doon Roadhouse construction underway". Woolah people will call the store "Djuwarlu" and will sell crafts and supplies and hope to run tours.Kimberley echo, 9 Nov. 2000, p.9 ]
* Eucla
* Fortescue River
* Madura
* Minilya
* Mount Barnett [ Johnson, Genine. (2001) "Roadhouse reopens after community rift". A rift in the Kupungarri Aboriginal community has left the community deserted for 6 months, and led to the closure of the roadhouse and Manning Gorge. Broome advertiser, 23 May 2001, p.1,2, ]
* Mundrabilla
* Murchison [ Laud, Peter (1998) "Rough and ready". Life at the Roadhouse features one of WAs oddest golfcourses. Sunday times (Perth, W.A.), 22 August 1998, Sunday Section, p.7 ]
* Nanutarra
* Overlander
* Pardoo [ Taylor, Nick.(2000)"Dusting off the city". Therese Long talks about her life running the roadhouse. Pardoo Roadhouse (W.A.) Sunday times (Perth, W.A.), 12 March 2000, p.22 ] [ Taylor, Nick.(2002) "Spirit of our bush". Pardoo Roadhouse destroyed by Cyclone Chris; volunteering locals help Graham and Suzanne Farmer get their business started again. Sunday times, 10 Feb. 2002, p.21 ]
* Roebuck
* Sandfire
* Tjukagiria
* Willare Bridge Roadhouse
* Wooramel

Driver fatigue

Due to the high incidence of fatalities and accidents attributed to driver fatigue, some locations have opted into a program of providing free coffee to encourage drivers to take a break or rest on long journeys - in some cases some of the roadhouses above have become involved in that programme [ Western Australia. Main Roads Dept. Graphic Services. (1995) "Coffee stops [cartographic material] : a project to reduce driver fatigue" designed by Graphic Services, Main Roads, Western Australia, Traffic Board of Western Australia, WA Police. East Perth, W.A. : Main Roads, Scale [ca. 1: 10 000 000] . Scale [ca. 1: 3 333 333 (E 114°--E 121°/S 027°--S 035°30') Maps of major highways showing locations of participating roadhouses."Free coffee for driver" - Traffic sign logo in title cartouche. "31/3/95" ]

ee also

*List of highways in Western Australia

References