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JC Hotel Ruins - QLD

JC Hotel Ruins

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Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -25.37785 141.899017

DMS: 25º 22' 40.26" S 141º 53' 56.46" E

UTM: 54 J 7192908mN 590443mE

Altitude: 160.58m

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Description

Place Type

Recreation - Tourist Attraction

Location

76.39kms West of Windorah - Driving 80.9 km (1 hour 26 mins)
262.07kms East of Birdsville - Driving 306 km (5 hours 17 mins)
286.92kms NorthEast of Innamincka - Driving 380 km (14 hours 56 mins)
337.07kms South of Middleton - Driving 740 km (9 hours 56 mins)

Address & Contact Edit

Ella St
Windorah QLD 4481

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Information

The name came about after John Costello carved his initials in a Bauhinia tree here while he was out "looking at country". Those who came after him would use that blazed tree as a marker, and eventually a pub was built on the spot to cater for the ever-increasing trade. The manager of Canterbury station got a little weary of pulling his stockmen out of the pub and bought it and ripped the roof off. The weather did the rest, and today there is little left but mounds of clay and a few rotting timbers. Nearby there's a graveyard that reminds you that this was not a really good place for women and young children.

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TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Longreach to Innamincka

Nearby Places (10)

JC Hotel Ruins 0.11km
JC Hotel Ruins 0.11km
JC Hotel Ruins 0.11km
Jump Up Gap 3.38km
Canterbury 4.18km
Waverney 4.91km
Native Wells 4.91km
Canterbury 5.75km
Mount Henderson 8.08km
Mount Baigi 9.51km

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Ballera at 11/08:30pm EST

Distance from JC Hotel Ruins 224.96km S

Temperature
11.7°C
Feels Like	8.5°C
Rel. Humidity	56%
Dew Point	3.2°C
Pressure	1018.7hPa
Rainfall	0.0mm
Wind Direction	ESE
Wind Speed	9km/hr 5knots
Gusts	9km/hr 5knots

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
11.7°C	8.5°C	56%	3.2°C	1018.7hPa	0.0mm	ESE	9km/hr 5knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Windorah Post Office

Distance from JC Hotel Ruins 76.19km E


Mean Max. °C
Jan	38.1
Feb	36.6
Mar	34.5
Apr	30.2
May	25.3
Jun	21.6
Jul	21.4
Aug	24.1
Sep	28.5
Oct	32.6
Nov	35.5
Dec	37.8
Mean Min. °C
Jan	24.1
Feb	23.5
Mar	21.1
Apr	16.0
May	11.3
Jun	7.6
Jul	6.6
Aug	8.1
Sep	12.1
Oct	16.5
Nov	19.9
Dec	22.5
Mean Rain mm
Jan	42.6
Feb	49.0
Mar	43.1
Apr	19.5
May	18.8
Jun	16.3
Jul	15.1
Aug	9.7
Sep	10.5
Oct	17.6
Nov	22.2
Dec	30.5

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	38.1	36.6	34.5	30.2	25.3	21.6	21.4	24.1	28.5	32.6	35.5	37.8
Mean Min. °C	24.1	23.5	21.1	16.0	11.3	7.6	6.6	8.1	12.1	16.5	19.9	22.5
Mean Rain mm	42.6	49.0	43.1	19.5	18.8	16.3	15.1	9.7	10.5	17.6	22.2	30.5

Update History

Comments & Reviews(3)

17 Sep 23 Member - TroyR

Virtually nothing there now, piles of dirt, but the sign tells the story.

30 Jun 21 speleo

What are the dates of these images. I don’t remember the ruins with the yellow vehicles!

11 Oct 07 Kerin

We stopped at the ruins for lunch and to look around and intended to travel on after a couple of hours of sightseeing. The place and the grave notes lets you understand the hard life the early settlers endured. My wife Rae and I were so taken with the place and the history surrounding it we left 24 hours later. We would recommend to all who pass the ruins to stop and enjoy the experience. Kerin & Rae Baker.

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