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Billiluna (Mindibungu) Community - WA
PlaceID
69
Latitude
19.55512º S 19º 33' 18.42" S
Longitude
127.6616º E 127º 39' 41.89" E
Altitude
308
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Description of Billiluna (Mindibungu) Community
In 2003 there were 220 people in the Billiluna Community. There are 4 commercial buildings; Garage, Centrelink Office, Store and Clinic.
The garage opens 7am - 12noon and 1pm - 3pm, Monday to Friday. Then opens from 9am to 11am on Saturdays. Diesel and Unleaded petrol are available at $1.50/l and does not change in price. $15 call out fee during daylight hours per vehicle if you request service out of these hours. Limited repairs and
servicing
are available by a qualified mechanic.
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Water is available to tourists, it is very high quality bore water, said to be the best in the
Kimberley
, sweet taste with no salts.
The store opens Monday to Friday from 8am - 11.30am, then 2pm - 4.30pm. On Saturdays it is only from 9am -11am. At the store you can find frozen meats, fresh vegetables, fruits, frozen bread, cold drinks, ice-creams etc on sale with a fortnightly truck resupply. The clinic operates 5 days with a callout service. There is a fulltime nursing sister and a Doctor that comes in once per week from either
Halls Creek
or
Derby
.
RFDS airstrip is nearby.
Weather & Climate for Billiluna (Mindibungu) Community
Closest Weather Station
Balgo Hills at 15:00 03 Dec WDT
Distance from Billiluna (Mindibungu) Community 73.5km SE
Temperature
Feels Like
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Dew Point
Pressure
Rainfall
Wind Direction
Wind Speed
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39.7°C
38.3°C
22%
14.6°C
-hPa
0.0mm
NNE
15km/h
8knots
-km/h
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Closest Climatic Station
Balgo Hills
Distance from Billiluna (Mindibungu) Community 73.5km SE
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec
Mean Max. °C
38.5
37.2
36.7
34.2
29.3
26.2
26.3
28.8
33.7
37.1
38.7
38.7
Mean Min. °C
25.2
24.2
23.2
20.4
15.6
12.5
11.9
14.0
18.4
22.3
24.3
25.1
Mean Rain mm
71.0
85.8
44.3
18.3
15.3
9.9
8.1
2.5
2.8
11.0
21.0
55.7
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Treks passing Billiluna (Mindibungu) Community
Canning Stock Route
The Canning Stock Route is a long-distance remote stretch of track through the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts. No longer in use as a stock route this is now a vehicular track allowing access to the wells constructed as stock watering holes.
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Places within 5km of Billiluna (Mindibungu) Community
Tanami Rd & Canning Stock Route
[1.69km]
Junction
Billiluna Airstrip
[1.88km]
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Sturt Creek, Tanami Rd
[4.14km]
Contact Billiluna for permission to do any bush camping.
Tanami Rd & Canning Stock Route
[1.69km]
Sturt Creek, Tanami Rd
[4.14km]
Billiluna Airstrip
[1.88km]
Recommended Reading for Billiluna (Mindibungu) Community
Natmap Digital Maps 2008
NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 is the next generation of Geoscience Australia's popular NATMAP Raster 1:250 000 scale topographic digital maps. NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 are exact digital copies of Geoscience Australia's NATMAP topographic maps. They cover the whole of Australia at 1:250 000 scale, and are current to 2006.
$99.00
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Latest Edition
SE5214 Billiluna
This 1:250K topographic paper map covers an area about 150km from east to west and 110km from north to south (1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude). The map contains natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours (interval 50m), localities and some administrative boundaries.
$10.00
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Allow 2 weeks for delivery
Canning Stock Route
WestPrint Heritage Maps are designed to provide the traveller with a guide to understanding the history and environment through which you travel on outback tracks. This map contains notes on the history of the surveying and building of the CSR by Alfred Canning and the subsequent well reconditioning by Snell.
$8.50
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Tanami Road
The Tanami Track provides the quickest access from the southern states via Alice Springs to the Kimberley.This map details the route through some of the least populated country in Australia and its ever changing arid scenery provides an awesome introduction to the immensity of our deserts.
$8.50
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Latest Edition
Kimberley
Thoroughly field-checked using Hema's GPS Mapping System, The Kimberley map clearly differentiates between roads and tracks and shows all road distances, points of interest, and facilities. The reverse side comes alive with photos capturing the essence of this rugged landscape.
$8.95
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Kimberley CD Rom
The Kimberley CD-Rom Map offers Hema’s Kimberley paper map in a format you can use with your GPS tracking software, plus all the text and photos from the original map in an easy-to-use webpage format. Each map is packed with facility information, GPS waypoints and tourist points of interest
$29.95
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Great Desert Tracks of Australia Map Pack
This map pack includes the six Great Desert Tracks Maps, together with the Simpson Desert map, all packaged in a hard-cover folder with clear pockets. This map pack is designed to offer an additional benefit to the constant map user by providing better value than buying the maps individually.
$79.00
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Great Desert Tracks of Australia NW
This map is highly regarded for its suitability for planning a desert driving expedition, particularly along the Canning Stock Route, although it covers the entire NW region, and including the Talawana Track, Gunbarrel Hwy, Connie Sue Highway and includes Port Hedland, Broome, Halls Creek, & Wiluna.
$14.95
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Natmap Digital Maps 2008
Kimberley
SE5214 Billiluna
Kimberley CD Rom
Canning Stock Route
Great Desert Tracks of Australia Map Pack
Tanami Road
Great Desert Tracks of Australia NW
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