Caiguna, Western Australia

Caiguna
Western Australia
Caiguna; Western Australia
	Caiguna Roadhouse
	Caiguna
Coordinates	32°16′8″S 125°29′24″E / 32.26889°S 125.49000°E
Population	4 (SAL 2021)
Established	1962
Postcode(s)	6443
Area	13,709.8 km2 (5,293.4 sq mi)
Location	1,098 km (682 mi) from Perth ; 374 km (232 mi) from Norseman ; 336 km (209 mi) from Eucla ;
LGA(s)	Shire of Dundas
State electorate(s)	Eyre
Federal division(s)	O'Connor

Caiguna is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia. It is the second stop east of Norseman on the journey east across the Nullarbor Plain. Between Balladonia and Caiguna is a 146.6-kilometre (91.1 mi) stretch of the highway which is one of the longest straight stretches of road in the world.^[2]^[3] The unofficial Central Western Time (CWT) starts shortly east of Caiguna, heading eastward.

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Caiguna (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ Moon, Ron; Finlay, Hugh; O'Byrne, Denis; Williams, Jeff (1994). Outback Australia: a Lonely Planet Australia guide (1st ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-86442-239-2.
^ "Sign at the start of 90-mile straight, Australia's longest straight road". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 October 2009. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015. Additional archives: 26 December 2015.

[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Caiguna (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[2] Moon, Ron; Finlay, Hugh; O'Byrne, Denis; Williams, Jeff (1994). Outback Australia: a Lonely Planet Australia guide (1st ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-86442-239-2.

[3] "Sign at the start of 90-mile straight, Australia's longest straight road". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 October 2009. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2015. Additional archives: 26 December 2015.

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