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By 3:30 p.m. local time, the Ross River Dam reached a capacity of 163.8%, causing Townsville's disaster management group to close it to the public and halt traffic to the area. [5] The Bruce Highway Ollera Creek Bridge north of Townsville collapsed due to the flooding, delaying or cutting supplies and access by road to different communities ...
Far North Queensland lays claim to over 70 national parks, including Mount Bartle Frere; with a peak of 1,622 metres (5,322 ft) it is the highest peak in both Northern Australia and Queensland. The Far North region is the only region of Australia that is the indigenous country of both Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. Far ...
Far north Qld braces for massive Cyclone frontage (ABC News Online) Larry's Fury (Cairns Newspapers Online) Full report and photographs. Cyclone Larry Blog; Bulletin Magazine articles on Cyclone Larry and disaster relief measures; Cyclone Larry aftermath in Google Earth by www.eyeonaustralia.org; Queensland cyclone photographs, State Library of ...
Malanda is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, 85 kilometres (53 mi) from Cairns and 732 metres (2,402 ft) above sea level. The town is located downstream of the Malanda Falls on the North Johnstone River. Farms and rainforest, Malanda, 2024. The northern entrance to the town passes the Malanda Falls. In comparison to the gorges ...
Queensland's highest mountain, Mount Bartle Frere, part of Australia's Great Dividing Range, is 15 kilometres (9 mi) to the north. [ 11 ] The town's central business district is in the vicinity of Edith Street and Rankin Street ( 17°31′27″S 146°01′52″E / 17.5241°S 146.0311°E / -17.5241; 146.0311 ( Innisfail central ...
The Tinaroo Dam, officially the Tinaroo Falls Dam, is a major ungated concrete gravity dam with a central ogee spillway across the Barron River located on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. The dam's purpose includes irrigation for the Mareeba-Dimbulah Irrigation Scheme, water supply, hydroelectricity generation, and ...
Queensland's raw coal production declined by more one third in late 2010 and was slow to recover. Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser said it was not possible to put a figure on the damage; "other than to say the damage bill is going to start with a b and not an m". [140] [141] The floods will cost the Australian economy at least A$10 billion. [142]
Princess Charlotte Bay is a large bay on the east coast of Far North Queensland at the base of Cape York Peninsula, 350 km north northwest of Cairns. Princess Charlotte Bay is a part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and it is a habitat for the dugong. Reefs in the bay are described as pristine. [1]