Explore Windabout, Western Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Windabout, WA map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Windabout, Western Australia, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Western Australia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Windabout and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Windabout.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Windabout |
| State | Western Australia (WA) |
| Local Government Area | Shire Of Esperance |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -33.8212 |
| Longitude | 121.90356 |
| Population | 137 |
| Density | 34.0 /km² |
| Area | 4.0 km² |
| Elevation | 6 m |
| Postcode | 6450 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Perth | 601 km east-southeast |
Windabout is a locality in the Shire Of Esperance local government area of Western Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 137. The locality covers an area of 4.0 km², giving a population density of about 34.0 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 6 m above sea level. It lies approximately 601 km east-southeast of Perth. Windabout is located at 33.8212°S, 121.9036°E. It observes Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 6450. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Windabout lies low and wide under a sky that often seems too vast for the land it covers. It lies 343.7 km south of Kalgoorlie, WA (from Kalgoorlie, WA: bearing 173°T), and is situated 4.7 km north-north-east of Esperance. The earth here is a warm ochre, cracked and thirsty in the sun, with sparse, hardy scrub clinging to the shallow undulations. Saltbush and low-lying native grasses, tough and resilient, dominate the landscape, their muted greens and greys blending into the pale, dusty horizons. The air, especially as the day begins to wane, carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of distant salt and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers. The light at dusk is a painter's dream, bleeding soft mauves and bruised oranges across the sky, casting long, skeletal shadows from the sparse trees.
The story of Windabout is etched not in grand monuments, but in the patient toil of generations who coaxed a living from this challenging terrain. Primarily a farming district, its economy has long been tethered to the cycles of wheat and wool, the golden grain and the fleece a hardy testament to resilience. Sheep dot the paddocks like scattered clouds, their bleating a soft counterpoint to the wind's ceaseless sigh. The land’s history, however, is also touched by the whisper of earlier footsteps, though the tangible evidence remains subtle, a quiet acknowledgement of those who knew this country long before the fences went up. Travellers passing through Windabout will find a place where the silence is as profound as the sunshine, a quiet corner of the world where life moves to the steady beat of the seasons.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Windabout, Western Australia. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Windabout, in the Shire Of Esperance local government area.
Detailed location data for Windabout includes the postcode (6450), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Shire Of Esperance), with an ABS remoteness classification of Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Windabout is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |