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World War 11 Historical Site Rest Area - QLD

Picnic shelter

Plaque

Original 16 feet wide tar

WW2 Airfield

Free Camp

Position

DEG: -20.373333 139.263885

DMS: 20º 22' 24" S 139º 15' 49.99" E

UTM: 54 K 7746249mN 318804mE

Altitude: 381.73m

Address & Contact

Barkly Hwy
Gunpowder QLD 4825

Phone: N/A

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Information

Rest area 53 km west of Mt Isa. Overnight stays for a maximum of 24 Hours. The site has signs giving the history of building the original road during WW2. Plenty of space behind rest area for caravans etc to stop overnight

PlaceID	98475

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TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Barkly Highway

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mount Isa at 29/06:30pm EST

Distance from World War 11 Historical Site Rest Area 41.06km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
23.9°C	22.9°C	81%	20.4°C	1014.6hPa	12.8mm	S	26km/hr 14knots	33km/hr 18knots

Closest Climatic Station

Mount Isa Aero

Distance from World War 11 Historical Site Rest Area 41.06km SE

	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