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Hay Point is located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the city of Mackay. With a tidal range of 7.4m (the highest on the east coast of Australia), [5] Hay Point has potential for electricity generation via tidal power. [6]
It is possible to swim at the beaches at high tide, but, as the tide goes out, extensive mudflats are revealed. [ 5 ] The suburb is mostly used for residential purposes except for the northern part of the suburb at the mouth of the Pioneer River, which is a wetland known as the Sandfly Creek Environmental Reserve and managed by the Mackay ...
This height was reached after extremely heavy rain fell over Mackay (600 millimetres, 24 in in 6 hours). After the devastating Mackay cyclone of 21 January 1918, the river was flooded for weeks. The Pioneer has reached major flood levels on twenty occasions since records first began in 1884, with the highest reaching 9.14 metres (30.0 ft) in 1958.
Mackay (/ m ə ˈ k aɪ / [3] [4] [5]) is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia. [6] [7] It is located about 970 kilometres (603 mi) north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is described as being in either Central Queensland or North Queensland, as these regions are not precisely
Mackay Central State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 251 Alfred Street (16] [17] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 177 students with 11 teachers and 9 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).
Broad Sound is a large bay on the east coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland, 675 kilometers (419 miles) northwest of the state capital, Brisbane.It is about 50 kilometers (31 miles) long and 20 kilometers (12 miles) across at its widest point.
Mackay Northern Beaches State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 30 Rosewood Drive (8] [13] In 2014, the student enrolment was 390 with 37 teachers (35 equivalent full-time). [14]
Mackay Harbour is a coastal mixed-use locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census , Mackay Harbour had a population of 686 people. [ 1 ]