Kalbarri

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Kalbarri
Kalbarri - panoramio.jpg
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of Western Australia.svg Western Australia
Founded : 1951
Coordinates : 27 ° 43 ′  S , 114 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 27 ° 43 ′  S , 114 ° 10 ′  E
Residents : 1,349 (2016)
Time zone : AWST (UTC + 8)
Kalbarri (Western Australia)
Kalbarri
Kalbarri

Kalbarri is a coastal town in Western Australia , about 592 km north of Perth at the mouth of the Murchison River . The place lives mainly from tourism and borders directly on the national park of the same name .

history

Kalbarri has been permanently settled since 1951, before simple fishermen's huts stood at the mouth of the Murchison River . The first 12 streets were named after the explorer George Gray and his crew, who were shipwrecked off the coast in 1839.

Tourist information

Kalbarri
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, data: 1970–2002
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Kalbarri
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 33.2 34.2 32.2 29.3 25.5 22.4 21.3 21.9 23.6 26.0 27.7 31.0 O 27.3
Min. Temperature (° C) 19.6 20.6 19.0 16.3 13.3 11.0 9.7 9.8 10.7 12.4 14.7 17.4 O 14.5
Precipitation ( mm ) 4.7 8.2 14.3 19.6 57.0 85.2 77.0 53.5 23.7 16.0 7.1 2.5 Σ 368.8
Rainy days ( d ) 1.3 1.6 2.3 4.0 7.5 10.8 11.7 9.8 7.0 4.5 2.9 1.3 Σ 64.7
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9.7
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Source: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, data: 1970–2002

Kalbarri is very well developed for tourism. The main attraction is the adjacent national park with the winding gorges of the Murchison River . The place is the starting point for seasonal whale watching tours, and there is also morning pelican feedings . There is a private bird park two kilometers south of the village.

Web links

Commons : Kalbarri, Western Australia  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : (Urban Center / Locality)? Opendocument UCL515017 ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Janine Günther, Jens Mohr, Western Australia and the Top End , Verlag 360 °, 2006, ISBN 3-9809763-1-9 , p. 255.
  3. ↑ Bureau of Meteorology, Australia: Kalbarri Climate Information. World Meteorological Organization, accessed April 6, 2012 .