[2][3] The unofficial Central Western Time (CWT) starts shortly east of Caiguna, heading eastward.

Due to the terrain, Baxter could not be buried, so his remains were wrapped in a blanket and left behind, and Eyre and Wylie pressed on for another month, after which they were rescued by a French vessel off Thistle Cove near modern-day Esperance, Western Australia.

[5][6] During the 1960s and 1970s, Ansett and Trans Australia Airlines domestic flights used a VOR station at Caiguna as a turning point on routes between Perth and eastern Australian capitals such as Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney.

[9][5] The Readymix logo geoglyph, created during the sealing of the Eyre Highway, lies around 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) north west of Caiguna.

[7] Nuytsland Nature Reserve stretches along the coast of the Great Australian Bight directly south of Caiguna and contains numerous points of interest, including a Memorial to John Baxter and Toolinna Cove.