Delve into Port Augusta
Port Augusta in Port Augusta (South Australia) with it's 13,257 habitants is located in Australia about 679 mi (or 1,092 km) west of Canberra, the country's capital town.
Current time in Port Augusta is now 02:51 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Australia / Adelaide with an UTC offset of 9.5 hours. We know of 8 airports close to Port Augusta. The closest airport in Australia is Port Augusta Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 5 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Whyalla, Koomooloo, Adelaide, Honiton and Mitcham. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 64 °F
Morning Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
Evening Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Night Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 50% |
Air Pressure | 1030 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (7 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 96% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Friday, 26th of April 2024
18°C (64 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
20°C (68 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Few clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
23°C (73 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Majestic Oasis Apartments
Comfort Inn & Suites Augusta Westside
Pastoral Hotel Motel
Pampas Motel
Discovery Parks - Port Augusta
Videos from this area
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Port Augusta freight train with the Flinders Ranges in the background
Locomotives NR37 and NR68 starting their journey in Port Augusta on March 18 2015. The train and stunning Flinders Ranges background was seen near sunset from the Matthew Flinders Lookout in...
Portable D-Star Hot Spot in action at Port Augusta.
While driving across the top of Spencer Gulf at Port Augusta I am listening to the Ohio Wide D-Star Net on XRF038 A. I checked in as I was approaching Port Augusta. My Raspberry Pi powered...
Wadlata Outback Centre Port Augusta South Australia
Wadlata is the Must See attraction before starting your visit to the Flinders Ranges and Outback. The Tunnel of Time is huge it really is our own special Tardis. The interactive, interpretive...
Pacific National Train Port Augusta
Two NRs pull a mixed empty steel, general freight and car train over the Hospital Road LX and past the workshops in Port Augusta, late in the afternoon.
Dolphins Mating Port Augusta South Australia
This amazing situation was captured on film right in th harbor in Port Augusta. 9 lucky passengers witnessed a very up close & personal Dolphin experience whilst aboard Flinders & Outback Water...
2011 World Solar Challenge - Day5 Port Augusta
オーストラリアで開催中の大陸縦断ソーラーカーレース:ワールド・ソーラー・チャレンジ(World Solar Challenge: WSC)。5日目。東海大は、08:00に昨晩の...
Centenary of East-West rail at Port Augusta, 14 September 2012.
The meeting of the old Steam (W934) and the new Diesel Electric (9305), narrow and standard gauge rail, at Port Augusta, on the occasion of the Centenary of the starting of the construction...
Port Augusta Rail Bridge + Inlet April 2012
Created on April 19, 2012 using FlipShare. Out the back of Greg's place. A walk along the inlet, then up to Flinders view look out in the 'Arid lands' parrk of natural vegetation in this disctrict.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Port Augusta, South Australia
Port Augusta is the seventh most populous city in South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier, Whyalla, Murray Bridge, Port Lincoln and Port Pirie. It is a seaport and railway junction city on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia at the head of the Spencer Gulf, 322 kilometres north of the state capital. Other major industries include electricity generation.
Port Augusta Prison
Port Augusta Prison is a prison located in Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia. The prison has facilities for high, medium and low security prisoners including protectees and special needs prisoners. With a capacity of 478 male and 8 female inmates, the prison is one of only two facilities in the State that provides accommodation for female prisoners and has a significant Indigenous Australian population.
City of Port Augusta
The City of Port Augusta is a local government area located at the northern end of Spencer Gulf in South Australia. It is centred on the town of Port Augusta. The city is the site of South Australia's main power supplier, the Port Augusta powerhouse, located on the coast in Spencer Gulf.
Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden
The Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden is located on the Stuart Highway, 1.4 kilometres north of the Eyre Highway in Port Augusta, South Australia. The garden was established in the 1980s and opened in September 1996. It is an initiative of the City of Port Augusta and corporate funding, and very limited state-government support. The Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden was designed by the landscape architect, Grant Henderson.
5AU
5AU is a South Australian radio station broadcasting from its transmitter site at Mambery Creek into the Whyalla, Port Augusta, Port Pirie, Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo area and north into the Flinders Ranges. Originally studios in Whyalla moving to Port Augusta in the Late 1970s.