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Kuranda Range
Kuranda may refer to: Places * Kuranda, Queensland, a town on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia ** Kuranda Butterfly Farm, the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, situated in the centre of Kuranda Village ** Kuranda Fig Tree Avenue ** Kuranda Range Highway ** Kuranda Range road ** Kuranda Scenic Railway, a railway line runs from Cairns, Queensland, Australia to the nearby town of Kuranda ** Kuranda Skyrail, another name for the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway * Kuranda, Russia, a village in Malzhagarsky Rural Okrug of Olyokminsky District of the Sakha Republic Other uses * Kuranda (surname) See also * Kaludah, ferry launched in Australia in 1908 as Kuranda * ''Xyroptila kuranda'', a moth of the family Pterophoridae, found in southern Sulawesi and Australia {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuranda, Queensland
Kuranda is a rural town and locality on the Atherton Tableland in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kuranda had a population of 3,008 people. It is from Cairns, via the Kuranda Range road. It is surrounded by tropical rainforest and adjacent to the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage listed Barron Gorge National Park. The town of Myola is also located within the locality of Kuranda (). Geography Kuranda is positioned on the eastern edge of the Atherton Tableland where the Barron River begins a steep descent to its coastal floodplain. The area is an important wildlife corridor between the Daintree/Carbine Tableland area in the north and Lamb Range/Atherton Tableland in the south, two centres of biodiversity. Parts of Kuranda, particularly along its eastern edge, are protected within the Kuranda National Park and Barron Gorge National Park. Both national parks belong to the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Barron Gorge Forest Reserve and Formatine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuranda Butterfly Farm
The Australian Butterfly Sanctuary is a butterfly sanctuary and exhibit situated in the centre of Kuranda, Queensland, Australia. Kuranda Butterfly Sanctuary is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as Australia's largest butterfly flight aviary and exhibit. The sanctuary rears a variety of butterflies, most of which are native to Far North Queensland, including the vibrant Cairns Birdwing Butterfly. The lab breeds about 30,000 caterpillars each year, and sends about 24,000 pupae to be released in the aviary. There are around 1500 free flying butterflies from a variety of species. History The sanctuary was conceived, designed, and built by Paul and Susan Wright in 1987. In July 2004, Charles & Pip Woodward of the CaPTA Group joined Paul and Sue right in an equal partnership. The CaPTA Group bought the remaining share of the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary a few years later. In April 2005, the breeding laboratories were upgraded to allow viewing by educational groups. Butt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuranda Fig Tree Avenue
Kuranda Fig Tree Avenue is a heritage-listed avenue of trees at Coondoo Street, Kuranda, Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1931. It is also known as Avenue of Ficus Microcarpa and Ficus Obliqua trees. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 27 July 2018. History Kuranda is a small hinterland town approximately 19 km northwest of Cairns in Far North Queensland. The avenue of mature fig trees which line the main street of Kuranda, Coondoo Street, were planted by the Woothakata Shire Council in the early 1930s to beautify the street and enhance the town's appeal to visitors. The trees were planted at a time when Kuranda was experiencing exceptionally high tourist numbers. Kuranda was, and continues to be, one of Queensland's most popular tourist towns. Part of the traditional land of the Djabugay speaking people, Kuranda was surveyed in 1888 in anticipation of development which would accompany the arrival of the Cairns-to-Kuranda rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuranda Range Highway
The Kuranda Range road is an informally named section of the Kennedy Highway in Queensland, Australia. The road traverses the Macalister Range near Cairns (). The section of road connects Smithfield, a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region with Kuranda, a town in the Shire of Mareeba on the Atherton Tableland, at an altitude of about . Traffic is primarily limited to one lane each way, with overtaking lanes at various points. The Kuranda Skyrail cableway crosses the road twice. Henry Ross Lookout is located near the road's highest point, at an altitude of , and is named after the foreman in charge of building the road to cross the range in 1939. History Construction of the present Kuranda Range road as an alternative to the Gillies Highway began in 1940. This was partly as a result of public demand for better access to the Atherton Tableland, but also due to strategic wartime use. Whereas the previous ''Smithfield Track'' went relatively straight up the spur from Avondale Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuranda Range Road
The Kuranda Range road is an informally named section of the Kennedy Highway in Queensland, Australia. The road traverses the Macalister Range near Cairns (). The section of road connects Smithfield, Queensland, Smithfield, a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region with Kuranda, Queensland, Kuranda, a town in the Shire of Mareeba on the Atherton Tableland, at an altitude of about . Traffic is primarily limited to one lane each way, with overtaking lanes at various points. The Kuranda Skyrail cableway crosses the road twice. Henry Ross Lookout is located near the road's highest point, at an altitude of , and is named after the foreman in charge of building the road to cross the range in 1939. History Construction of the present Kuranda Range road as an alternative to the Gillies Highway began in 1940. This was partly as a result of public demand for better access to the Atherton Tableland, but also due to strategic wartime use. Whereas the previous ''Smithfield Track'' went relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuranda Scenic Railway
The Kuranda Scenic Railway is a tourist railway service that operates along the heritage-listed Cairns-to-Kuranda railway line. Constructed in 1891, the line runs from Cairns, Queensland, over the Great Dividing Range to the town of Kuranda on the Atherton Tableland. Along the way, the route passes through the Macalister Range, as well as the suburbs of Stratford, Freshwater and Redlynch. Along the way, the train also stops at a lookout, which provides views of Barron Falls. Train services operate every day of the year, except on Christmas Day. A one-way trip takes approximately one hour and 55 minutes. The railway line is in length. It is still used for some freight services and other passenger services, including The Savannahlander. Attractions The tropical gardens Kuranda rail station are a well-known attraction in the area. Downhill the line cuts through the Barron Gorge National Park. The tourist train stops at a lookout, with a sweeping view of Barron Falls. A n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuranda Skyrail
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is a scenic tourist cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park, in the Wet Tropics of Queensland’s World Heritage Area in Australia. It operates from the Smithfield terminal () in Cairns to the Kuranda terminal () on the Atherton Tableland. It has won more than 25 awards. Skyrail Rainforest Cableway journeys through the Wet Tropics Rainforest, home to the world's oldest tropical rainforest, older than the Amazon Rainforest. It was the longest gondola cableway in the world when it was completed in 1995. The cableway, which journeys over the MacAlister Range between Smithfield and Kuranda, includes six-person gondola cabins that glide metres above the treetops. A one-way trip takes about 1.5 hours, and a return trip is about 2.5 hours. Two rainforest stations, Red Peak () and Barron Falls (), allow exploration of the forest floor on boardwalks and education of the World Heritage area. Complimentary ranger guided tours are a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuranda, Russia
Kuranda (russian: Куранда) is a rural locality (a '' selo''), one of three settlements, in addition to Yunkyur and Tyubya, in Malzhagarsky Rural Okrug of Olyokminsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located from Olyokminsk Olyokminsk ( rus, Олёкминск, p=ɐˈlʲɵkmʲɪnsk; sah, Өлүөхүмэ, ''Ölüökhüme'') is a town and the administrative center of Olyokminsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, southwest of Yakutsk, the capital of the rep ..., the administrative center of the district and from Yunkyur. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 14.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' References Notes Sources *Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''Olyokminsky District * Rural localities in Olyokminsky District {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuranda (surname)
Kuranda is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Hugo Kuranda (1910–?), Austrian skeleton racer * Ignaz Kuranda Ignaz Kuranda (1 May 1812 in Prague – 3 April 1884 in Vienna) was an Austrian deputy and political writer of Bohemian origin. Establishes "Die Grenzboten" His grandfather and father were dealers in second-hand books. In 1834 he went t ... (1812–1884), Bohemian-Austrian deputy and political writer * Richard Kuranda (born 1969), American actor and theatrical director {{surname, Kuranda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaludah
''Kaludah'' (launched as ''Kuranda'') was a K-class ferry on Sydney Harbour, Australia. Commissioned in 1909, the timber- hulled steamer was built for Sydney Ferries Limited during the boom in cross-harbour ferry travel prior to the 1932 opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Like the other "K-class" ferries, she was double-deck, double-ended, steam-powered screw ferry. However, she and the larger but otherwise similar ''Kookooburra'' (1907), were the only two K-class ferries designed by naval architect Walter Reeks and not Sydney Ferries Limited's Captain Summerbell. ''Kaludah'' was built by Morrison and Sinclair Limited of Balmain. She was launched in late 1908 as ''Kuranda'' and commissioned the following year and her name changed to ''Kaludah''. ''Kaludah'' burnt out and sank near Gladesville in 1911 when she was still the newest ferry in the Sydney Ferries Limited fleet. She is one of the shortest lived of Sydney's ferries. Background, design and construction ''Kaludah'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
