Great Eastern Highway
Photo: Evad37 Original author of GIS data: © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2013., CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Great Eastern Highway is in Western Australia and runs from Perth to Kalgoorlie in the eastern goldfields.
UnderstandGreat Eastern Highway is a 590-kilometre-long (370 mi) road linking the Western Australian capital of Perth with the city of Kalgoorlie.
PrepareAlthough not as isolated as other Western Australian country highways, services are limited between Merredin and Southern Cross, and Southern Cross and Coolgardie.
Get inThe end points of the highway are in Perth and Kalgoorlie.
DriveThe highway runs mostly parallel to the Mundaring to Kalgoorlie water pipeline, which supplies the Goldfields with water from Mundaring Weir in the eastern part of Perth.
Stay safeThe highway has monotonous sections where drivers fall asleep at the wheel - be vigilant in your own wakefulness, as well as watching other vehicles movements and behaviour.
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Great Eastern Highway" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: Evad37 Original author of GIS data: © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2013., CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons