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Telegraph Track - Palm Creek - QLD

Telegraph Track - Palm Creek

Palm Creek 31/05/2015

Palm Creek 31/05/2014

Slithering down the southern side

Close up of southern exit May 08

Sticky clay on southern exit - May 08

Northern bank - May 08

River Crossing

Position

DEG: -12.064693 142.551971

DMS: 12º 03' 52.9" S 142º 33' 7.1" E

UTM: 54 L 8665814mN 668925mE

Altitude: 47.79m

Place Type

Infrastructure - River Crossing

Location

551.1kms NorthWest of Daintree - Driving 754 km (14 hours 51 mins)

Address & Contact

Bramwell Junction
Shelburne QLD 4874

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

Palm Creek is a 4WD crossing on the Telegraph Road just 3km north of Bramwell Junction. The crossing is steep on both the approach and exit points but is usually dry in the Dry Season. Thick rainforest grows on the sticky clay soils.
A lot of track damage has occurred in the years since the 2008 pictures.

PlaceID	80540

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Scherger at 14/06:06am EST

Distance from Telegraph Track - Palm Creek 79.44km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
24.2°C	28.9°C	99%	24.0°C	1009.6hPa	23.6mm	NE	6km/hr 3knots	7km/hr 4knots

Closest Climatic Station

Weipa Aero

Distance from Telegraph Track - Palm Creek 96.62km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	31.9	31.5	31.8	32.3	31.8	31.1	31.0	32.0	34.4	35.6	35.6	33.8
Mean Min. °C	24.2	24.2	23.8	22.8	21.2	19.9	18.9	18.7	19.8	21.9	23.5	24.2
Mean Rain mm	483.8	526.1	409.6	101.0	18.3	3.5	1.6	6.0	1.5	24.4	109.4	284.1