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Fountain Springs Rest Area - QLD

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Fountain Springs Rest Area

Rest Area,P-Bay,Day Use

Position

DEG: -20.80027 139.996506

DMS: 20º 48' 0.97" S 139º 59' 47.42" E

UTM: 54 K 7699632mN 395566mE

Altitude: 339.03m

Place Type

Infrastructure - Rest Area,P-Bay,Day Use

Location

754.51kms SouthWest of Daintree - Driving 1298 km (14 hours 38 mins)

Address & Contact

Barkly Hwy
Cloncurry QLD 4824

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

This is a very popular overnight Rest Area on the Barkly Hwy during the tourist season. Located 60km from the Mount Isa K Mart, and 60.8km from the Cloncurry Shell Service Station.

The Fountain Springs are not located at this rest area.Across the Hwy is the turnoff onto Fountain Springs road and travel for 27 km to reach this beautiful permanent spring - a popular swimming and picnic area.

PlaceID	77890

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TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Barkly Highway

Nearby Places (20)

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mount Isa at 01/10:00pm EST

Distance from Fountain Springs Rest Area 54.62km W

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
19.9°C	15.8°C	41%	6.3°C	1019.1hPa	0.0mm	S	17km/hr 9knots	20km/hr 11knots

Closest Climatic Station

Mount Isa Aero

Distance from Fountain Springs Rest Area 54.62km W

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	36.3	35.3	34.2	31.8	27.8	24.8	24.7	27.3	31.2	34.6	36.4	37.1
Mean Min. °C	23.7	23.4	21.7	18.4	13.8	9.9	8.6	10.2	14.2	18.5	21.4	23.0
Mean Rain mm	116.4	101.3	64.9	15.1	13.0	5.9	5.9	3.7	6.7	19.2	39.0	74.0