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Delve into Shotts in Australia
Shotts in the region of Western Australia is located in Australia - some 1,871 mi or ( 3011 km ) West of Canberra , the country's capital .
Local time in Shotts is now 12:35 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Perth " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Perth, Mummballup, Collie Burn, and Collie. While being here, you might want to check out Perth . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Shotts ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
BDC Versadrill Rod Trip
A Bunbury Drilling Company Drilling Rig pulling out with Auto Rod Handling ..
Crank'n Cycles advert November 2011
First foray into TV advertising and very happy with what LOMAX media have done ! Collie has lot's to offer - and when you're in town next drop in to Crank'n Cycles, it's awesome! ..
Southwest time out
Video and photos from a three-night camping trip around the South West ..
Paul Madden Bibbulmun Track Adventure 3 - Pain Part A .divx
Paul walked 16 days 8 hrs 15 mins in November 2010 to beat the previous record. Find his record attempt Bibbulmun track walk in: bibbulmuntrack1000.blogspot.com Paul Madden organises presentations for ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Collie Power Station
Collie Power Station is a power station in Collie, Western Australia. It is coal powered with one steam turbine that generates a total capacity of 300 MW of electricity. The coal is mined locally from the Collie Sub-basin and is transported to the power plant by overland conveyor. In financial year 2008-09 the station consumed approximately 1 million tonnes of coal. The station was commissioned in 1999 with a single 300 MW steam turbine.
Located at -33.34 116.26 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Collie Sub-basin
The Collie Sub-basin is a pocket of Permian sedimentary rocks with an area of 225 km², enclosed within much older Archean rocks of the Yilgarn Craton, near the town of Collie in southwestern Western Australia. , Once considered a unique basin, this area, along with the smaller Wilga and Boyup Sub-basins to the south, are now classified as outliers of the Perth Basin, separated from the main area by ancient earth movements and erosion.
Located at -33.42 116.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Shotts, Western Australia
Shotts is a small town in Western Australia located in the South West Region just off the Coalfields Road between Collie and Darkan The town originated as a railway siding named Benelaking on the Collie to Narrogin line in 1911. Later the same year the town was renamed as Shotts, in honour of the coal mining town of the same name near Glasgow.
Located at -33.34 116.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Muja Power Station
Muja Power Station is a power station 22km east of Collie, Western Australia. It has eight steam turbines served by coal-fired boilers that together generate a total capacity of 854 MW of electricity. The coal is mined in the nearby Collie Sub-basin. The station was commissioned on 21 April 1966. It has two 200 MW units and two 227 MW units (Stage C,D). The four smallest and least efficient units, Stages A and B, were closed in April 2007.
Located at -33.45 116.31 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Lake Kepwari
Lake Kepwari is a man-made lake in the south-west of Western Australia, about ten kilometres south-east of Collie. "Kepwari" is a Noongar word meaning "playing in water". The lake is a former open-cut coal mine formerly known as Western Five, part of a mining lease operated by Wesfarmers Premier Coal from 1970 until 1996. It is two kilometres long, one kilometre wide and up to 70 metres deep. It covers 103 hectares and holds about 30 gigalitres of water.
Located at -33.46 116.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
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