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Lookout & Dam Information

Lookout & Cafe

Lookout

Position

DEG: -17.167094 145.547494

DMS: 17º 10' 1.54" S 145º 32' 51" E

UTM: 55 K 8101382mN 345514mE

Altitude: 690.1m

Address & Contact

Tinaroo Falls Dam Rd
Lake Tinaroo QLD 4872

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Information

Stone built shelter with lookout over the dam. History signboards and photos.
Before Tinaroo Dam there were many farms along the banks of the Barron River and its numerous tributaries.
The township of Kulara grew around the rail station on the Tolga - Millaa Millaa line that serviced ine, local timber and dairy industries,
Danbulla families worked at the sawmill or had farms where they grew corn for their pigs and dairy cattle. The area had been opened up for timber cutting around WWl.
Kulara and Danbulla had post and telegraph services. a school and hall. Kulara also had a store and hotel. Danbulla School was moved from the present School Point Camping area but was later burnt down.
Army activity was prolific through this area from 1942-1944.
The pine plantations along the scenic Danbulla Tourist Drive were planted on the farms which had been resumed when Tinaroo Dam was completed in 1958.
All that remains of these farms and townships are fire places. house stumps, concrete slabs. fences. bits of rusted metal, bridges, roads and railway lines which see daylight when the waters of Tinaroo Dam recede.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mareeba at 02/03:00am EST

Distance from Lookout & Dam Information 16.84km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
20.3°C	22.8°C	93%	19.1°C	1013.5hPa	0.0mm	N	4km/hr 2knots	7km/hr 4knots

Closest Climatic Station

Kairi Research Station

Distance from Lookout & Dam Information 5.66km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	28.2	27.5	26.4	24.8	23.0	21.5	21.1	22.5	24.8	27.1	28.4	28.9
Mean Min. °C	19.2	19.5	18.5	16.8	14.7	12.1	11.2	11.6	12.8	15.1	17.1	18.5
Mean Rain mm	254.3	270.3	256.6	100.9	57.3	38.0	27.2	24.3	18.5	31.3	74.6	137.3