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Burrup Peninsula, WA Australia
| Address | via,
Dampier
Western Australia, 6713, Australia | | Telephone Enquiries : | 08-9144 4600 |
Burrup Peninsula was named after Mount Burrup in 1979 by Woodside Petroleum Pty Ltd during the planning stage of the North West Shelf Gas Project, whose onshore operations are located on the peninsula.
Mount Burrup was named by the government surveyor FS Brockman after Henry Wood Burrup, one of two men mysteriously murdered at the union bank in Roebourne in 1885.
The Northwest Shelf Gas Project is the largest resource project ever undertaken in Australia. Gas is drilled at an offshore platform 130 kilometres north of Dampier and piped to the onshore treatment plant on the Burrup Peninsula. From here the gas is carried in a 1,450 kilometre pipeline to domestic and industrial gas users in the south of the State.
Burrup Lookout overlooks the north west shelf onshore operations on the Burrup near to the visitors centre offering a great view at night. The peninsula is also home to a superb display of traditional Aboriginal rock art. Explore some of the world's oldest works of art in a natural setting.
All roads on the Burrup Peninsula are for public use except beyond security gates.
For further information contact the Northwest Shelf Gas Project Visitors Centre on (08) 9158 8292.
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| Activity | Self-Guided. | | Entity Facility | Car park, Viewing Platform. | | Experience | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Industry/Mining/Agriculture, Nature based. |
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