Two Rocks, Western Australia
- Two Rocks, Western Australia
Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Two Rocks
city = Perth
state = wa
caption = View north from Two Rocks.
lga = City of Wanneroo
area = 52
pop = 1,819 (2006 census)
postcode = 6037
dist1 = 61 | dir1 = NNW | location1 = Perth
fedgov = Pearce
stategov = Mindarie
near-nw =
near-n = Wilbinga
near-ne =
near-w = "Indian Ocean"
near-e = Yanchep
near-sw =
near-s = Yanchep
near-se = Yanchepcoord|-31.495|115.588|type:city(1819)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title
Two Rocks is the northernmost suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. It is located convert|61|km|mi|0 north of Perth's central business district and its Local Government Area is the City of Wanneroo. The suburb contains a marina development and was, from 1981 until 1990, the home of Atlantis Marine Park and the hub of the Yanchep Sun City development.
While the suburb has a large area, as at the 2001 census, the suburb's entire population lived within a convert|2.3|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on region near the coast on either side of the marina. Large sections of the suburb are fenced off due to unexploded ordnances (UXOs) left behind from past military activity in the area.
A large bushfire in the area in 1991 destroyed many dwellings in the suburb.
History
The suburb of Two Rocks takes its name from two prominent rocks offshore from Wreck Point. It was approved as a suburb name in 1975. [LandInfo|m|T|2007-04-17]
Transport
Two Rocks is served by the 490 Transperth bus route from Clarkson train station, which travels along Wanneroo Road and Yanchep Beach Road. [ [http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/timetablePDFs/Northern%2078%2020070429.pdf Northern 78 timetable] , Transperth, effective 29 April 2007. Retrieved on 11 May 2007.] This service is operated by Path Transit.
References
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