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Drummond Range 24 Hr Rest Area - QLD

3 feet 6 inch railway gauge

View to east

Lookout picnic area

Camping area Sept 2011

Capricorn Highway - Drummond Range

Free Camp

Position

DEG: -23.65604 147.20468

DMS: 23º 39' 21.74" S 147º 12' 16.85" E

UTM: 55 K 7383839mN 520873mE

Altitude: 523.49m

Place Type

Camps & Accom - Free Camp

Location

721.57kms NorthWest of Brisbane - Driving 1001 km (10 hours 58 mins)
843.31kms South of Daintree - Driving 1175 km (13 hours 33 mins)

Address & Contact

A4
Port Wine QLD 4724

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Where the Capricorn Highway passes over the Drummond Range is a Lookout and Rest area at Hannams Gap.
Running virtually east/west, the highway traverses the area known as the Central Highlands, and crosses the Great Dividing Range to the west of Bogantungan.

PlaceID	77962

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Emerald at 16/10:30am EST

Distance from Drummond Range 24 Hr Rest Area 99.32km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
21.2°C	18.7°C	61%	13.4°C	1026.9hPa	-mm	ESE	19km/hr 10knots	22km/hr 12knots

Closest Climatic Station

Emerald Airport

Distance from Drummond Range 24 Hr Rest Area 99.32km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	34.3	33.4	32.7	29.9	26.2	23.2	23.1	25.3	28.9	31.6	33.1	34.2
Mean Min. °C	22.2	22.0	20.2	16.9	12.9	10.1	8.8	10.0	13.5	17.0	19.5	21.3
Mean Rain mm	88.8	81.7	55.7	35.2	22.0	30.1	13.6	23.2	29.2	39.7	54.8	90.3