Start with the distance
Perth to Kalgoorlie is about 600 kilometres. Perth to Karratha is more than 1,500. Broome and Kununurra lie further still. A business owner in the Pilbara cannot nip across town to look at an alarm, and a technician cannot be on site in an hour. That is why monitoring here depends so heavily on two things: a recorder that keeps working on its own, and alerts that find the right person quickly.
For the distances involved, remote setup matters. Once a local installer has cabled and mounted the cameras, we connect, configure and support the AI layer without anyone flying out.
Perth's industrial map
Most of the state's business sits in the Perth basin. Kewdale and Welshpool serve freight and wholesale near the airport, Malaga and Wangara run along the northern corridor, and Canning Vale, Jandakot and Bibra Lake hold workshops, trade suppliers and warehouses in the south. Naval Base, Kwinana and Henderson reflect heavy industry and marine fabrication. Joondalup and Osborne Park mix offices, retail and light industry.
Further south, Bunbury and Busselton cater to timber, mineral sands, tourism and hospitality, with Albany serving the Great Southern. Inland, Northam and the wheatbelt are grain, machinery and livestock country.
Resource towns and remote yards
The north is different again. Karratha, Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price rely on mining services, fabrication, laydown yards and fly-in-fly-out accommodation. Kalgoorlie's yards support gold and nickel. Broome is tourism and pearls, with cattle stations inland.
In these places yards are huge and often full of expensive plant, spare parts, fuel and vehicles. People may leave on a roster for weeks. A site can sit quiet for long stretches, which is exactly when an alert layer is worth having. Line-crossing across gates and perimeter zones suits big laydown areas better than trying to watch every corner.
Conditions that matter
- Extreme heat. Pilbara and Kimberley summers push enclosures and power supplies hard. Shade, ventilation and good quality power supplies matter more than the number of cameras.
- Red dust. Fine dust gets everywhere on mine-service and station sites. Sealed housings, tidy cable entries and regular cleaning keep lenses usable.
- Cyclone coast. North-west sites face cyclone season. Secure mounts and a dry, protected recorder location are sensible, and power may be out for some time after an event.
- Wet season in the Kimberley. Humidity and heavy rain call for sealed joins and good drainage on cable runs.
- Bushfire and smoke. The south-west's forests and hinterland face fire seasons. Smoke reduces visibility, and a recorder with backup power is worth planning.
- Lightning and surge. Summer storms in the north and wheatbelt are powerful. Surge protection helps keep the recorder alive.
- Long cable runs. Big yards and station sheds often need switches or fibre between buildings.
How the AI layer and the installer split the work
In Western Australia a local installer does cabling and mounting, and we set up, connect and support the AI layer. Your footage stays on your own recorder at the site. We analyse frames taken from it, and the resulting events and short clips are kept on an Australian server.
What you get, depending on your cameras and recorder:
- After-hours alerts by email with a frame attached.
- Live detection of people and vehicles in chosen views.
- Event timeline with clips to see what happened without scrubbing hours of video.
- Stock movement checks where goods in a store or yard should reconcile against your records.
It does not recognise faces. It detects and flags, and people decide what to do. See how it works for the full flow.
Connectivity and power in practice
Mobile coverage thins out quickly beyond the towns. Some remote yards run on 4G, others on a dedicated link, and some use solar with batteries. We are honest about limits: alert emails and short clips are light and suit modest links, but constant live viewing of many cameras may not. Power cuts matter too, so a small UPS on the recorder and router is a sensible addition.
Your existing system is often reusable. A site that already has cameras and a recorder may only need the network connection and some careful setup. We check compatibility by make and model before we quote.
Who we see in Western Australia
- Mine-service yards, depots and warehouses: warehouses and logistics.
- Workshops and plant yards in the Perth south and north corridors: workshops and automotive, and our Perth page.
- Farms and stations from the wheatbelt to the Kimberley: farms and rural.
- Secure compounds and fuel stores: secure areas.
A note on the law
Surveillance rules vary between states. For example, Western Australia has a Surveillance Devices Act 1998. In general, audio is treated more strictly than video, signage and informing staff matter, and cameras do not belong in toilets, change rooms or neighbouring private areas. This is general information, not legal advice. Check current legislation for your own situation.
For rough scope and cost, see pricing and contact us with your site details.