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Discover Bowelling in Australia
Bowelling in the region of Western Australia is a town located in Australia - some 1,857 mi or ( 2989 km ) West of Canberra , the country's capital .
Local time in Bowelling is now 04:24 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Perth " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Perth, and Bulading. When in this area, you might want to check out Perth . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Bowelling ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Bowelling, Western Australia
Bowelling is the location of a former railway station in the south west region of Western Australia It was a junction of the Narrogin to Collie (Usually known as the Bowelling to Narrogin railway) and the Wagin to Collie (Usually known as the Bowelling to Wagin railway) railway lines. Narrogin and Wagin were the locations of junctions on the Great Southern railway, while the railway to Collie connected with the South western railway at Brunswick Junction.
Located at -33.42 116.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Boolading, Western Australia
Boolading is a location located along the Coalfields Road between Darkan and Collie in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The name is Aboriginal in origin but the meaning is unknown. The word Boola means plenty or abundance of in the local dialect. Boolading began as a railway siding when the WAGR constructed in 1907. The townsite was later gazetted in 1909 and the name was suggested by the district surveyor after a property owned by an acquaintance of his, William Gibbs.
Located at -33.35 116.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 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 18 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 19 km away
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