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Gunyarra WWII Site - QLD

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -20.51014 148.56962

DMS: 20º 30' 36.5" S 148º 34' 10.65" E

UTM: 55 K 7731279mN 663671mE

Altitude: 17.25m

Place Type

Heritage - Historic Site

Location

583.25kms SouthEast of Daintree
894.13kms NorthWest of Brisbane

Address & Contact

497 Gunyarra Rd
Gunyarra QLD 4800

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

During WWII Australia established a chemical warfare research station here at Gunyarra. During operation up to 500 military personnel and scientists were based here. All that remains now is a plaque.

PlaceID	32637

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Proserpine Airport at 19/12:00am EST

Distance from Gunyarra WWII Site 2.48km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
23.3°C	25.2°C	93%	22.1°C	1012.3hPa	3.0mm	SSE	15km/hr 8knots	20km/hr 11knots

Closest Climatic Station

Proserpine Airport

Distance from Gunyarra WWII Site 2.48km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	31.4	31.1	30.2	28.7	26.5	24.5	24.3	25.6	28.4	30.2	31.4	32.0
Mean Min. °C	22.6	22.9	21.5	19.1	15.8	12.7	11.0	11.7	14.4	17.5	19.9	21.8
Mean Rain mm	290.1	381.9	209.0	118.3	70.4	38.1	23.7	26.7	19.3	37.0	89.8	170.4