Facilities
Geraldton has a wide variety of hotels and motels, clubs, cinemas and auditoriums.
Geraldton is serviced by most mobile phone companies with 3G networks provided by Telstra and Optus, and 4G from Telstra.
The Greater Geraldton Regional Library is open seven days a week. It provides free access to the internet and is a WiFi hotspot.
The original port has been dredged to a depth of 9.4 metres (31 ft) at the berths, which is suitable for ships of 64,000 metric tons deadweight (DWT). In 2009, the Western Australian Government gave the go-ahead for a new deepwater port at Oakajee, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Geraldton. This port will serve the mining industry, especially iron ore.
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