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Roadside 2014

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This was once a very important Security Check Point

This is now all that is left at this site

Looking East

Place Name

Position

DEG: -30.00098 131.680099

DMS: 30º 00' 3.53" S 131º 40' 48.36" E

UTM: 52 J 6678081mN 758534mE

Altitude: 185.14m

Description

Place Type

Population - Place Name

Location

849.09kms NorthWest of Adelaide

Address & Contact

Maralinga-tjarutja
South Australia

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Ruins of large 400 people village mainly held commonwealth police. This is the site where the keys were turned that set off the bombs.

PlaceID	40553

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts

Closest Climatic Station

Nullarbor

Distance from Roadside 177.44km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	27.9	27.8	26.5	24.8	21.4	18.8	18.2	19.6	22.4	24.3	26.0	26.7
Mean Min. °C	15.7	16.1	14.1	11.6	8.9	6.3	5.1	5.8	7.9	10.2	12.4	14.2
Mean Rain mm	11.1	13.2	21.8	22.4	29.7	30.2	27.3	24.5	17.8	18.2	16.8	15.3