Australia's first electric highway links Perth to South-West

A network of electrical charging stations dotted throughout Western Australia's South-West now forms the country's first extended road route for electric vehicles (EVs).

From Perth to the beachside tourist town of Augusta, 310 kilometres from the capital, 12 publicly accessible charging stations will take just 30 minutes to fully charge a vehicle.

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Australia – the sixth-largest country on this lonely planet – is dazzlingly diverse: a sing-along medley of mountains, deserts, reefs, forests, beaches and multicultural melting-pot cities.

Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Sydney, New South Wales, Canberra, Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef, Melbourne, Victoria, Tasmania, Adelaide, South Australia, Darwin to Uluru, Perth, Western Australia, Understand and Survival chapters.

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