Dynamite Bay - Green Head - Western Australia

 

 

GREEN HEAD

 

GPS 30 04 12 S 114 58 07 E

 

 

 

 

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Leeman

Nearby Towns

Coorow

Jurien Bay

 

 

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STATISTICS

Distance from Perth

257 Km

Population

256

Average Rainfall

615.5mm

Mean Max Temp

24.9C

Mean Min Temp

13.1C

 

SERVICES

Police

08 9953 0400

Fire and Rescue

08 9953 1262

Medical

08 9953 1038

Visitor Centre

08 9952 0100

 

CARAVAN PARKS

Green Head

08 9953 1131

 

HOTEL / MOTEL / B and B

Centrebreak Beach Stay

08 9953 1896

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

 

link to Mingor.net website

 

DESCRIPTION

 

Green Head is another small cray fishing settlement on the barren coast between Perth and Geraldton. It is currently undergoing the kind of development that could lead to its laid back atmosphere being lost.

Since the development of the Indian Ocean Drive, all towns along this coast have experienced a major upturn in development. While this is a good thing for the once dormant local economies, it does mean that these once quiet little towns are now often crowded with tourists and with more people come more problems.

At present Green Head is much less developed than Jurien Bay and Leeman and is clinging on to its 'small town' feel.

Tourism is becoming the main industry in the region and the scenic coastline is a major attraction. Boat tours of local islands take visitors to see the local sea lion colony and people are attracted for swimming, fishing, sailboarding and walking.

Dynamite Bay got its name from a treasure hunter (Frank Moore) who reputedly had been shown an old Dutch map of the area detailing where chests of silver had been hidden. Frank was using explosives to try and clear the area and find the lost treasure. A huge hole was dug and the entrance to a cave found but water began seeping in to the diggings and in the end the project was abandoned.

One of the problems with Western Australian law and treasure, is that 'finders are not keepers'. The Government steps in and takes ownership of any treasure found. This had led many treasure hunters to keep the secret of finds they have made and any finds they make are quickly taken off shore and sold overseas. While the law is supposed to help keep important finds in Western Australia, it usually has the opposite effect.

A new camping facility has been developed north of town at Milligans Island

Closer to town is the Three Bays Walkway that runs south from the Grigson Street car park to Dynamite Bay and then on to a lookout at Cambewarra Head. There are lookouts and toilets located along the route which takes in spectacular views.

 

HISTORY

 

Early European contact with this part of the coast started with Dutch seafarers in the 1600s.

A number of Dutch ships were wrecked along the coast as navigation was then an inaccurate science.

The town started its life as a camping reserve in 1946 but by the 1950s its popularity was such that it was surveyed for housing lots and eventually gazetted on January 7th 1966. The name was first given to a nearby headland by Staff-Commander William Edwin Archdeacon R.N. in 1875.

 

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ATTRACTIONS

 

Leseur National Park, Milligans Island, Stockyard Gully, Pinnacles, Lake Indoon, Sandy Cape Campsite, Islands, Dynamite Bay, South Bay, Billygoat Bay, Point Louise, Green Head Lookouts, Three Bays Walkway, Art galleries, Little Three Springs, Coolimba,

 

BUILDINGS OF NOTE

 

Unknown.

 

ELECTORAL ZONES

 

State : Moore

Federal : Durack

 

OTHER INFO.

 

Postcode : 6514

Local Government : Shire of Coorow

 

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