Burrup Peninsula — Local services in Burrup

As if to add to the mystery of the long arm of land extending out on the west side of Nickol Baym it was named after one Henry Wood Burrup who was murdered in unexplained circumstances at Roebourne’s Union Bank in 1885. The Burrup Peninsula is a harsh environment of massive rock formations, cliffs and steep, sparsely vegetated slopes.

The land was inhabited for millennia by the Jaburara people, who left behind the largest, oldest and most significant collections of rock art in the world.

There are innumerable sites spread throughout the Murujuga National Park at the peninsula’s north end, as well as across the islands of the Dampier Archipelago offshore.

For a complete panorama of the peninsula you can reach a lookout close to the junction of the Burrup and Dampier Roads.

The peninsula’s industry is also hard to miss: Gas is drilled at an offshore platform 130km north of the town of Dampier, before being treated here onshore and then piped 1,450km to the south...

Burrup 4WD jump up Great for the experienced 4WD’er Slow and steady Once you get out there loads of little bays and beaches. Well worth a day trip. Take a couple of cars is recommended but we did it as a single vehicle. Must be...

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