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Barchan Dunes - WA

Barchan Dunes - Indian Ocean Drive - GE Image

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -30.1919 115.025

DMS: 30º 11' 30.84" S 115º 01' 30.01" E

UTM: 50 J 6658302mN 309865mE

Altitude: 4.04m

Place Type

Recreation - Tourist Attraction

Location

210.85kms North of Perth - Driving 236 km (2 hours 32 mins)

Address & Contact

Indian Ocean Drive
Jurien Bay WA 6516

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Information

Access is via a hardish surfaced clay 4WD track (if it hasn't rained too heavily) leading from the tar 550M NNE to a set of barchan dunes. Barchan dunes are rare in WA having their horns pointing in the direction of the prevailing winds (as opposed to the parabolic dunes everywhere else along the WA coast); here the strong late spring and early summer southerlies show up in their effects on the sand.

PlaceID	102780

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Jurien Bay at 16/09:00am WST

Distance from Barchan Dunes 12.93km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
13.0°C	12.7°C	97%	12.6°C	1020.6hPa	12.0mm	SSW	6km/hr 3knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Jurien Bay

Distance from Barchan Dunes 12.93km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	29.9	30.8	29.4	26.3	23.3	20.6	19.5	19.9	21.2	23.3	25.8	28.2
Mean Min. °C	17.1	17.9	16.6	14.0	11.8	10.3	9.3	9.3	9.9	11.2	13.5	15.6
Mean Rain mm	6.9	14.6	14.3	28.9	78.5	106.8	112.7	80.2	44.6	26.7	19.1	7.2