Centre Line of Fire Historical Notes:
The Centre Line of fire for Rockets launched from
Woomera extended north west from Range E, across the Great Victoria, Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts, to a point on the 80 Mile Beach, between
Port Hedland and
Broome on the Western Australian Coast. In 1951 Len Beadell was given the task of undertaking ground surveys to locate centreline posts at set distances from
Woomera. He subsequently reached the 250, 300, 400, 500 and 550 Mile points and marked their locations with a thick mulga post. A brass plate, displaying the latitude, longitude and date was nailed to each post. Sheets of canvas were laid out around the observation posts to ensure their location was visible from the air.
This site is 300
miles down range from the rocket launch pads at
Woomera and was reached by Len in June 1951.