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Moreton Island experiences a marine-moderated humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa with very warm, muggy summers and mild, pleasant winters. Precipitation is abundant year-round, averaging 1,467.3 millimetres (57.77 in) annually, and wind speeds are high, averaging 26.8 kilometres per hour (16.7 mph) at 3 pm, in part due to its exposed location.
Cape Moreton Light is located on Cape Moreton, a rocky headland at the northeastern tip of Moreton Island, and was the first lighthouse to be constructed to mark the northern entrance. The lighthouse was constructed by the New South Wales Government , which controlled the Queensland area until Queensland's separation in 1859, [ 4 ] following ...
New South Wales: Swimming inside string of cedar logs: Arab boy: Male: Fatal: Unknown shark. Reported a Grey Nurse that leaped out of the water but identification is questionable as there have been no known fatalities caused by this species. [35] 1906 28 January: Georges River, Near Lugarno: Bathing: William Joseph Dobson: Male: 31 or 33: Fatal ...
Just off the coast of Queensland, Australia is Moreton Island, the third largest sand island in the world and home to the amazing Tangalooma Wrecks site. In 1963, a group of boat owners asked that ...
Cape Moreton Light, also listed as North Point Range Rear Light, [1] is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on Cape Moreton, a rocky headland located at the north eastern tip of Moreton Island, a large sand island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay, on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. [2]
Wasp Island, the only island in Durras Inlet near Batemans Bay [4] Wedding Cake Island, a small island off the coast of Coogee; Windang Island, a small island at the entrance to Lake Illawarra; Woodford Island, in the Clarence River immediately upstream of Maclean; Yellow Rock Island, at junction of Bellinger and Kalang Rivers near Urunga
The Redcliffe Peninsula is a peninsula located in the City of Moreton Bay in the northeast of the Brisbane metropolitan area in Queensland, Australia.The area covers the suburbs of Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Moreton Island, Newport, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Scarborough and Woody Point.
6 inch Mk XI gun and crew, Fort Cowan Cowan, November 1943. Fort Cowan Cowan is located at Cowan Cowan Village, Moreton Island. The area is approximately 34,616.033 metres (113,569.66 ft) square, roughly triangular in shape and stretches along the western beach from the Cowan Cowan Lighthouse in south to the northern end of Cowan Cowan Village.