No its definitely staffed by ATC's ex Karratha. They commute up there by road for their run of shifts and then drive home.
OK things have clearly changed then. I remember the initial bunch who were definitely all W.A. ex FSOs being refamilled at the Airservices training college at ML, and they used to come up from PH for (I think) two week stints.
LB: the AFIS provided by CAGROs at places like PD, AYE & BNA is a big step up in service from absolutely nothing without going to a TWR. Surely given the level and types flying there deserve it?
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If you are advocating the alternatives, UNICOM or TWR ........
Oh, and AFIZs (within which an AFIS was provided) were 15NM SFC-5000 (I think) with a requirement for all aircraft to call inbound @ 30NM.
When the FSU's closed down the AFIZs & AFIS remained for a while, the service being remotely provided from the remaining FSCs. Then MBZs came in, and the AFIZs and AFIS disappeared.