Industries

The Carnarvon plantation area (161 plantations) includes about 1020ha of cropped horticultural land. Vegetables are grown on about 570ha, 350ha are planted to bananas, and 100ha to tree fruits. The industry is valued at $51.3m.

The diversity of the produce grown in the area is considerable, some being tropical fruits, paw paw, mangoes, citrus, stone, avocados, grapes and vegetable crops such as tomatoes, beans, capsicums and asparagus.

The townsite is built at the mouth of the Gascoyne River. Irrigation and drinking water are drawn from the acquifers in the Gascoyne River which are replenished during river flows. Water is rationed and each grower receives an annual allocation. The water is of good quality. Plantations are situated along the Gascoyne River from about 5 to 19km inland from the river mouth.