Mount Kynoch is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

in the

Toowoomba Region The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and bey ...

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 , establishe ...

, Australia. In the , Mount Kynoch had a population of 237 people.

Geography

Toowoomba Second Range Crossing - New England Hwy Bridge

Mount Kynoch is located north of the Toowoomba city centre. The Great Dividing Range passes through the east of the locality with the mountain Mount Kynoch the only named peak within the locality (). It rises to above sea level. The

Main Line railway The Main Line is a railway line in South East Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1865 and 1867. It commences at Roma St Station in Brisbane and extends west 161 km to Toowoomba. It is the first narrow gau ...

forms the eastern boundary of the locality with Rangeview railway station serving the locality (). The

New England Highway New England Highway is an long highway in Australia running from Yarraman, north of Toowoomba, Queensland at its northern end to Hexham at Newcastle, New South Wales at its southern end. It is part of Australia's National Highway system, an ...

enters the locality from the south (

Harlaxton Harlaxton is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the edge of the Vale of Belvoir and just off the A607, south-west from Grantham and north-east from Melton Mowbray. History A ...

) and exits to the north ( Blue Mountain Heights). The Toowoomba Bypass enters the locality from the south-east ( Ballard), passes under the New England Highway (they do not intersect), and exits the locality to the south (Harlaxton).

History

Originally the name Kynoch was used for a trigonometric station on the mountain originally known as Stony Pinch. Later both the mountain and the locality were named Mount Kynoch after John Kynoch, an early chairman of the

Shire of Highfields The Shire of Highfields is a former local government area on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. It existed between 1879 and 1949. History On 11 November 1879, the Highfields Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queenslan ...

. In the , Mount Kynoch had a population of 237 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mount Kynoch. The nearest primary schools are

and Highfields. The nearest secondary schools are Toowoomba State High School in

Mount Lofty Mount Lofty (, elevation AHD) is the highest point in the southern Mount Lofty Ranges. It is located about east of the Adelaide city centre, within the Cleland National Park in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia. The mountain's s ...

and Wilsonton State High School in Wilsonton Heights.

Facilities

Mount Kynoch Water Treatment Plant is on the top of Mount Kynoch, accessed via Shuttlewood Court (). It draws its water from

Cooby Dam The Cooby Dam is a rockfill embankment dam with an ungated spillway across the Cooby Creek, a tributary of Condamine River, at Groomsville in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water ...

, Cressbrook Dam and Perseverance Dam.

Amenities

There are a number of parks in the area: * Hillsdale Cresent Road Park () * Shuttlewood Court Park ()

Attractions

There are two lookouts in Mount Kynoch on either side of the New England Highway. The northbound lookout is on Shuttlewood Court beside the water treatment plant () and has picnic and park facilities. The southbound lookout is at () and provides views over the

Lockyer Valley The Lockyer Valley is an area of rich farmlands that lies to the west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and east of Toowoomba. The Lockyer Valley is rated among the top ten most fertile farming areas in the world, and the intensively cultiv ...

to the east.

References

{{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland