Garden Island is a narrow island about 10 kilometres long and 1.5 kilometres wide, lying about 5 kilometres off the Western Australian coast, to which it is linked by an artificial causeway and bridge
Garden Island at sunset, with causeway at left of image
A Royal Australian Navy submarine and ship at HMAS Stirling
HMAS Stirling
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HMAS Stirling is a Royal Australian Navy base that is part of Fleet Base West situated on the west coast of Australia, on the Indian Ocean. The base is located on Garden Island in the state of Western
Garden Island (Western Australia)
…off from the mainland. For the last seven thousand years, the island has existed in relative isolation. The Royal Australian Navy's largest fleet base, Fleet Base West, also called HMAS Stirling, is on the shores of Careening Bay, on the southeastern section of Garden Island, facing Cockburn Sound. At the 2016 census…
The USS Emory S. Land (AS-39) and USS Hawaii (SSN-776) at HMAS Stirling in August 2024
HMAS Sheean (front left), HMAS Collins (front right), HMAS Sirius (back left) and ex-HMAS Westralia at HMAS Stirling in 2006