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Koombooloomba
Koombooloomba is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Koombooloomba had a population of 0 people. The locality was used during the construction of the Kareeya Hydro Power Station. Geography There is a hydro-electric Koombooloomba Dam nearby. The Koombooloomba dam acts as a water reservoir which supplies water to the Tully River downstream and the Kareeya Hydro Power Station The Kareeya Hydro Power Station near Tully in Queensland, Australia in a hydroelectric power station that began generating power in 1957. It has a capacity of which is fed into the National Electricity Market. The power station is owned by .... The Tully River flows from nearby Tully into the ocean. History The village of Koombooloomba was built to accommodate the workers on the Koombooloomba Dam. The timber for the village was cut from trees that would be submerged by the dam. Koombooloomba State School opened on 19 February 1953 and closed in 1963. Koombo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koombooloomba Dam
The Koombooloomba Dam is a concrete gravity dam with a controlled spillway across the Tully River, located west of and south, southeast of in Far North Queensland, Australia. Built for the purpose of hydroelectric power generation, the dam creates the reservoir, Lake Koombooloomba. Location and features The dam was constructed by the Queensland Government Co-ordinator-General's Department in 1960. The earth rock embankment dam wall is in length and high. The reservoir has a catchment area of with a controlled concrete spillway that releases up to . The reservoir has a surface area of with an average depth of , and has a maximum operating level of of water. The dam and power generation facilities are owned and operated by Cleanco Queensland. Hydroelectric power facilities Built in 1957 and most recently upgraded in 2008, the underground Kareeya Hydro Power Station was the first hydroelectric power station constructed on the Tully River. An intake tower is located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravenshoe, Queensland
Ravenshoe ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ravenshoe had a population of 1,400 people. Geography Ravenshoe is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is located south west of the regional centre, Cairns. At above sea level, Ravenshoe is the highest town in Queensland, with Queensland's highest pub "The Ravenshoe Hotel" (formerly the "Tully Falls Hotel" until 2014) and highest railway station. It also has the Millstream Falls, the widest waterfall in Australia. Traditionally the main industry in Ravenshoe was timber, but since 1987, when the government made of surrounding rainforest world heritage listed, the main industries have been tourism, beef and dairy farming. History The traditional owners of the land in the Ravenshoe district are the Jirrbal people who speak a dialect of the Dyirbal language. The site of the present day Ravenshoe was first settled by pastoralists prior to 1881 but when sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maalan, Queensland
Maalan is a locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Maalan had a population of 26 people. Geography Maalan is a rural locality predominantly used for dairy farming which occurs in the valley areas (elevation approximately 900–1000 metres above sea level). In the west of the locality is the Cardwell Range with peaks to 1170 metres; part of this land is within the Tully Falls National Park. In the north is the Maalan National Park. Maalan Road is the main route through the locality. History In 1950 the Millaa Millaa branch of the Queensland Dairymen's Association proposing opening up the land in Maalan for farming. The Minister for Lands responded that the land had valuable cabinet timbers which would be sold and removed before opening up the land for sale. In June 1952 the Surveyor General of Queensland Surveyor General of Queensland is a position originally created for the colony of Queensland, now a state of Australia. The position was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tully River
The Tully River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Far North Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Tully River rises in the Cardwell Range, part of the Great Dividing Range on the northern boundary of the Kirrama State Forest. The river flows generally north through Koombooloomba Dam, Lake Koombooloomba and flows over the Tully Falls near and descends through the Tully Gorge within the Tully Gorge National Park, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Area, World Heritagelisted Wet Tropics of Queensland, Wet Tropics site. Below the dam wall, the river is joined by five minor tributary, tributaries before emptying into the Coral Sea at Tully Heads. The river descends over its watercourse, course. People and land use The Tully, together with the Herbert River, Herbert and the Burdekin River, Burdekin rivers, were part of the proposed Bradfield Scheme to divert the upper reaches of the three rivers west of the Great Dividing Range and into the Thomson River (Queens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulngai, Queensland
Gulngai is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gulngai had a population of 0 people. Gulngai's postcode is 4855. Geography The locality is bounded by the ridgeline of the Walter Hill Range (midpoint ) to the south-west. The ridgeline forms a drainage divide with the creeks rising on the range within Gulngai contributing to the Johnstone River basin which enters the Coral Sea between Flying Fish Point, Queensland, Flying Fish Point and Coquette Point, Queensland, Coquette Point. There are two named peaks on the ridgeline: * Mount Coleridge () at above sea level * Mount Marquette () at above sea level with the terrain falling to above sea level on the boundary with Japoonvale. The entire locality is a protected area with the north of the locality within the Wooroonooran National Park and the south of the locality within the Japoon National Park. There is only one road in the locality, Sutties G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millstream, Queensland
Millstream is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Millstream had a population of 1,246 people. Geography Millstream is bounded to the west by the Wild River, while The Millstream flows from east to south-west through the locality. Their confluence which creates the Herbert River is just to the south-west of the locality in neighbouring Innot Hot Springs. Smaller farm blocks are found in the southern part of the locality, just to the north of The Millstream, where the land is flatter (about 730 metres above sea level). However, much of the locality is mountainous, rising to unnamed peaks of about 1000 metres above sea level); this area is not developed. The northern part of the locality forms part of The Bluff State Forest. Millstream Falls and the associated Millstream Falls National Park are not in the locality but immediately adjacent in neighbouring Koombooloomba Koombooloomba is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Ruth, Queensland
Glen Ruth is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Glen Ruth had a population of 0 people. Geography The ''Herbert River The Herbert River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The southernmost of Queensland's wet tropics river systems, it was named in 1864 by George Elphinstone Dalrymple explorer, after Robert George Wyndham Herbert, the first ...'' forms most of the western boundary. References {{Tablelands Region Tablelands Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardstone, Queensland
Cardstone is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cardstone had a population of 17 people. It is south-west of Innisfail. Geography Cardstone is a long thin locality following the valley of the Tully River. The northern part of the locality is mostly bushland, but the southern part is farming land. Cardstone village was built near the Tully River to accommodate workers and families of the Kareeya Hydro Power Station. The village and was less than in area. Cardstone was mostly surrounded by the rainforest of the Tully Gorge National Park which forms part of the World Heritage-listed Wet Tropics of Queensland. History Construction of the Kareeya Hydro Power Station on the Tully River commenced in 1952 and the power station commenced operation in 1957. The staff and families were provided accommodation in a small village called Cardstone located about downstream from the plant. The power station was instigated jointly by the ''Card'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innot Hot Springs, Queensland
Innot Hot Springs is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Innot Hot Springs had a population of 177 people. Geography Innot Hot Springs is south-west of Cairns via the Bruce Highway, Gillies Range Road, Lake Barrine Road, State Route 25, State Route 24 and the Kennedy Highway. From further west it can be accessed via the Kennedy Highway. Innot Hot Springs is located on the Kennedy Highway, between Mount Garnet and Ravenshoe in Far North Queensland. It is 5 kilometers south of Mount Gibson. The town is on the northern edge of the locality with the Kennedy Highway passing through it. The Herbert River meanders in a southerly direction through the locality from Millstream to Gunnawarra and Glen Ruth. The confluence of the Wild River with the Herbert River occurs in the north of the locality (east of the town). Nettle Creek flows from Silver Valley to the north through the town and joins the Herbert River to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Hill, Queensland
Walter Hill is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the , Walter Hill had a population of 0 people. Geography There are two named peaks on the ridgeline: * Mount Coleridge () at above sea level * Mount Marquette () at above sea level References {{Cassowary Coast Region Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirrama, Queensland
Kirrama is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography The locality is bounded to the south and west by the Herbert River. The Blencoe Falls are within the south of the locality and the Herbert River Falls The Herbert River Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Herbert River that is located in the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Wet Tropics in the Far North region of Queensland, Australia. Location and features The falls are located on the northern b ... are on the boundary of Kirrama and Wairuna. The Blencoe Falls are on the Wet Tropics Great Walk. History The locality takes its name from the Kirrama pastoral run in 1870s. The name is thought to be the Indigenous language group name ''Keremai'' or ''Kirimai'' local to the area. In the , Kirrama had a population of 9 people. References {{Tablelands Region Tablelands Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tablelands Region
The Tablelands Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas which dated back more than a century. On 1 January 2014, one of those local government areas, the Shire of Mareeba, was re-established independent of the Tablelands Region. It has an estimated operating budget of A$62.2 million. History '' Yidinji'' (also known as ''Yidinj'', ''Yidiny'', and ''Idindji'') is an Australian Aboriginal language. Its traditional language region is within the local government areas of Cairns Region and Tablelands Region, in such localities as Cairns, Gordonvale, and the Mulgrave River, and the southern part of the Atherton Tableland including Atherton and Kairi. Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Tablelands Region consisted the entire area of four previous local government areas: * the Shire of Atherton; * the Shire of Eacham; * the Shire of Herberton; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
