Cocklebiddy, Western Australia

Cocklebiddy
Western Australia
The Wedgetail Inn, Cocklebiddy, 2017
The Wedgetail Inn, Cocklebiddy, 2017
Cocklebiddy is located in Western Australia
Cocklebiddy
Cocklebiddy
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Coordinates32°2′24″S 126°5′46″E / 32.04000°S 126.09611°E / -32.04000; 126.09611
Population15 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1879
Postcode(s)6443
Area8,765.2 km2 (3,384.3 sq mi)
Location
  • 1,163 km (723 mi) from Perth
  • 439 km (273 mi) from Norseman
  • 273 km (170 mi) from Eucla
LGA(s)Shire of Dundas
State electorate(s)Eyre
Federal division(s)O'Connor

Cocklebiddy is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia. It is the third stop after Norseman on the journey eastwards across the Nullarbor Plain. Like other locations in the region, the site consists of little more than a roadhouse. The current business name of the roadhouse is the Wedgetail Inn and, like most other Nullarbor establishments, has access to satellite television, as well as providing caravan park and hotel-motel facilities.

It is the nearest locality to the coastal feature of Twilight Cove, which is 26 km (16 mi) to the south.[2] Cocklebiddy follows the time zone used by Eucla of UTC+8:45.[3] It is situated 284 km (176 mi) from Border Village.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cocklebiddy (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Murray, Ian; Hercock, Marion; Murray, Ian; Hercock, Marion (2008), Where on the coast is that?, Hesperian Press, ISBN 978-0-85905-452-2
  3. ^ "Forget daylight saving, this stretch of desert has its own strange little time zone". ABC News. 8 April 2019.