Coalfields Highway, formerly known as Coalfields Road, is a Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

n highway linking Roelands

Roelands, Western Australia

Roelands is a town located in the South West region of Western Australia along the South Western Highway, between Brunswick Junction and Bunbury...

 (near Bunbury

Bunbury, Western Australia

The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...

) on the South Western Highway

South Western Highway

South Western Highway is a highway in the South West region of Western Australia connecting Perth's southeast with Walpole. It is a part of the National Highway 1 network for most of its length...

 with Arthur River

Arthur River, Western Australia

Arthur River is a small town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, between Williams and Kojonup on Albany Highway.-History:Arthur River is named after the river that flows through it, a headwater of the Blackwood River...

 on the Albany Highway

Albany Highway

Albany Highway is a generally northwest-southeast highway in the south of Western Australia which links the state's capital Perth with its oldest settlement, Albany. The highway is approximately in length, is designated State Route 30 and separates Western Australia's Great Southern region from...

. It is signed as State Route 107 and is about 125 km long.

It is the main road to the key mining town of Collie

Collie, Western Australia

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, and passes through mining, forest and agricultural areas with stands of jarrah

Jarrah

Eucalyptus marginata is one of the most common species of Eucalyptus tree in the southwest of Western Australia. The tree and the wood are usually referred to by the Aboriginal name Jarrah...

, wandoo and flood gum nearby. It also traverses the towns of Allanson

Allanson, Western Australia

Allanson is a small town in Western Australia located in the South West Region just west of Collie on the Coalfields Road and on the shoreline of the Collie River....

 and Darkan

Darkan, Western Australia

Darkan is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, between Collie and the Albany Highway on the Coalfields Road. It is also the seat of the Shire of West Arthur. At the 2006 census, Darkan had a population of 203.-History:...

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Route 107 continues beyond Arthur River to Wagin

Wagin, Western Australia

Wagin is a town and shire in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, approximately 225 km south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Narrogin and Katanning. It is also on State Route 107. The main industries are wheat and sheep farming.-History:The name of the town is...

, Dumbleyung

Dumbleyung, Western Australia

Dumbleyung is a town and shire in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of Perth between Wagin and Lake Grace on State Route 107.-History:...

, Lake Grace

Lake Grace, Western Australia

-Natural disasters:In late 2005 and early 2006, Lake Grace experienced two natural disasters. The first was a hail storm on 16 October 2005, which destroyed 500 hectares of wheat and barley crop and damaged a further 5,500 hectares, with some farmers reporting fields covered by up to...

, Newdegate

Newdegate, Western Australia

Newdegate is a townsite in the great southern agricultural region, 399 km south-east of Perth and 52 km east of Lake Grace in Western Australia. The townsite was gazetted in 1925 and honours Sir Francis Newdegate, the Governor of Western Australia from 1920 to 1924...

 and Lake King

Lake King, Western Australia

Lake King is a town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, from Perth along State Route 107 between Wagin and Ravensthorpe....

, meeting up with South Coast Highway

South Coast Highway

South Coast Highway is a Western Australia highway. It is a part of the Highway 1 network.With a length of , it runs from Esperance to Walpole roughly in parallel to the Western Australia's south coast...

 (Route 1) a few kilometres from Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe, Western Australia

Ravensthorpe is a town 541 km south east of Perth, 40 km inland from the south coast of Western Australia. It is the seat of government of the Shire of Ravensthorpe...

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