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Length: 2.5km
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Duration: 0.75hrs
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Grade: 1
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Style: Circuit
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Start: Meekatharra Information area
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End: Meekatharra Information area
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Location: Meekatharra
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Closest Town:
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Distance from CBD: 773km
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State: WA
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Latitude: -26.596504
Longitude: 118.486044
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Hike Summary
To stretch the legs, before leaving Meekatharra, why not walk the 900 metre trail to Meeka Lookout . Start at the Tourist Information Bay then follow along side the Gascoyne Junction Road for a short distance before veering left and upwaRoads to the lookout for some great views.
Take on the not too steep rocky well formed path to the top observing springtime wildflowers along the way.The views over the town and beyond show the harshness of this mining pastoral area. Interpretive signage informs about the Aboriginal culture of the area, pastoralism and how gold mining shaped the region. By walking around the flat topped hill with Car Park, you can get expansive 360 degree views.
About the region
Meekatharra is a gold town in the East Murchison area which, since the 1890s when gold was first discovered, has developed into an important service centre for the pastoral and mining interests in the area. Today it is a centre of a vast shire which covers 99,974 square kilometres of semi-desert where the main activities are mining, sheep and cattle
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Start Point: Meekatharra Information area, Great Northern Hwy
End Point: Meekatharra Information area, Great Northern Hwy
Region: Meekatharra, Golden Outback
For more information, a location map and GPS file please visit Trails WA.
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