Places Home > All Places > Camps & Accom > QLD > Mackay

Windmill Bay - QLD

Camp Free

Position

DEG: -21.548908 149.486073

DMS: 21º 32' 56.07" S 149º 29' 9.85" E

UTM: 55 K 7615049mN 757478mE

Altitude: 7.38m

FREE GPS Download for this PlaceSponsor Message

Get the full BOG experience when you become a Member and you can instantly download this Place in GPX or OziExplorer format ready to plug into your navigation system. Members can also batch download in one-click from MyPlans.

Description

Address & Contact

Koumala QLD 4738

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/cape-palmerston/camping/windmill-bay

Information

Windmill Bay camping area is in Cape Palmerston National Park, 115km south-east of Mackay on the Central Queensland coast. You need a high clearance 4WD to get to the camping area.
The camping area is 12km from the southern boundary on the Cape Palmerston drive.
Turn off the Bruce Highway at Ilbilbie (76km south of Mackay and 157km north of Marlborough) and drive east towards Greenhill.
Before Greenhill, turn left into Cape Palmerston Road.
The park boundary is about 6km along this road.

Facilities: picnic tables, bush-style pit toilets. Visitors are encouraged to provide their own portable toilets.

Open fires: on-ground campfires prohibited. Above-ground fire containers permitted—bring your own clean, milled timber. Remove your fire container when you leave. Fuel stoves are recommended.

Generators: not allowed. Tides vary to 6m.

PlaceID	276679

Map

Working on it...

Get Traveller App Get the ExplorOz Traveller App to download all ExplorOz Places for navigational use on your tablet, phone, iPad or laptop.

Download Place

Use this download for GPX, Hema Navigator and OziExplorer. Geo data only no map included.

Nearby Places (7)

Cape Palmerston 1.9km
Coconut Point 4.63km
Airstrip 5.74km
Ince Bay 6.35km
Hogans Camp Island 6.82km
Cape Palmerston National Park 7.33km
Cutlack Island 9.44km

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mackay Airport at 05/12:00am EST

Distance from Windmill Bay 52.67km NW

Temperature
13.1°C
Feels Like	12.3°C
Rel. Humidity	88%
Dew Point	11.2°C
Pressure	1016.5hPa
Rainfall	0.0mm
Wind Direction	WNW
Wind Speed	6km/hr 3knots
Gusts	7km/hr 4knots

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
13.1°C	12.3°C	88%	11.2°C	1016.5hPa	0.0mm	WNW	6km/hr 3knots	7km/hr 4knots

Closest Climatic Station

Mackay Aero

Distance from Windmill Bay 52.67km NW


Mean Max. °C
Jan	30.1
Feb	30.0
Mar	29.2
Apr	27.6
May	25.1
Jun	23.0
Jul	22.5
Aug	23.6
Sep	25.7
Oct	28.2
Nov	29.4
Dec	30.6
Mean Min. °C
Jan	23.0
Feb	23.2
Mar	22.0
Apr	19.3
May	15.4
Jun	12.6
Jul	11.1
Aug	11.9
Sep	14.6
Oct	18.2
Nov	20.4
Dec	22.2
Mean Rain mm
Jan	317.1
Feb	371.2
Mar	245.4
Apr	175.6
May	92.1
Jun	61.5
Jul	35.7
Aug	35.8
Sep	26.7
Oct	35.2
Nov	81.1
Dec	138.3

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	30.1	30.0	29.2	27.6	25.1	23.0	22.5	23.6	25.7	28.2	29.4	30.6
Mean Min. °C	23.0	23.2	22.0	19.3	15.4	12.6	11.1	11.9	14.6	18.2	20.4	22.2
Mean Rain mm	317.1	371.2	245.4	175.6	92.1	61.5	35.7	35.8	26.7	35.2	81.1	138.3