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...

 has extensive long-distance highways with few localities along them. Privately-owned general stores known as roadhouses have been established at strategic points as an important utility for petrol, food, accommodation, emergency facilities and general supplies. They are also useful reference points in any response to accidents, floods, crime and other emergencies.

North-west

North West Australia

The terms North West Australia, The North West and North Western Australia have been used as a regular label for the region of the North of Western Australia and the West of the Northern Territory.- Early 20th century gold rush:...

ern roadhouses are found next to river crossings or close to station homesteads. In the event of flooding of the North West Coastal Highway

North West Coastal Highway

North West Coastal Highway in Western Australia is a generally north-south Western Australian highway which links the fishing town of Geraldton with the iron ore port of Port Hedland. It is long, and constructed as a sealed 2-lane single carriageway with overtaking lanes in some parts. It was...

, they are locations where vehicles including road train

Road train

A road train or roadtrain is a trucking concept used in remote areas of Argentina, Australia, Mexico, the United States and Canada to move freight efficiently. The term "road train" is most often used in Australia. In the U.S. and Canada the terms "triples," "turnpike doubles" and "Rocky Mountain...

s can be safely encamped and accounted for when a sudden deluge may make the road impassable.

On the Nullarbor or Eyre Highway

Eyre Highway

The Eyre Highway is a highway linking Western Australia and South Australia via the Nullarbor Plain. Signed as National Highway 1/A1, it forms part of Highway 1 and the Australian National Highway network linking Perth and Adelaide. It was named after explorer Edward John Eyre, who was the first to...

, places designated as roadhouses are in some cases also vested as localities and, in some cases, known as roadhouse communities.

The following list is of roadhouses that exist in isolation, having little or no adjacent community infrastructure. It does not include roadhouses which are in country towns.

Roadhouses

• Auski
• Balladonia
• Caiguna
• Cocklebiddy
• Doon Doon
• Eucla
• Fortescue River (21°17′44.32"S 116°08′17.52"E)
• Kumarina Roadhouse
• Madura
• Minilya
  Minilya, Western Australia
  Minilya is a location in Western Australia north of Carnarvon on the North West Coastal Highway. It is at a junction in the North West Coastal Highway, where the turn off to Exmouth is 220 kilometres from that location. The main highway then continues to the next junction 217 kilometres further, at...
  
  
• Mount Barnett
• Mundrabilla
• Murchison
• Nanutarra
• Overlander
  Overlander, Western Australia
  The Overlander Roadhouse is in Western Australia, between Geraldton and Carnarvon on the North West Coastal Highway.Its remoteness has led to the area around it being known as Overlander, though there is no such official locality...
  
  
• Pardoo
• Roebuck
• Sandfire
• Tjukagiria
• Willare Bridge Roadhouse
• Wooramel

Driver fatigue

Due to the high incidence of fatalities and accidents attributed to driver fatigue, some locations have opted into a program of providing free coffee to encourage drivers to take a break or rest on long journeys - in some cases some of the roadhouses above have become involved in that programme