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Exmouth is a town on the tip of the North West Cape in Western Australia . The town is located 1270km north of the state capital Perth and 3366km south west of Darwin . The town was established in 1967 to support the nearby Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt . Nowadays the town relies more on tourism than the station for its existence. On 22 March 1999 , Tropical Cyclone Vance reached Category 5 status as it made landfall near Exmouth. This resulted in the highest ever wind gust reported on the Australian mainland of 267km/h at Learmonth, only 35km to the south. Vance caused significant flooding and property damage but there were no deaths. {Link without Title} EXTERNAL LINKS
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