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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 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 ]
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).
30] [33] In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 1,062 students with 483 girls and 579 boys with 89 teachers (85 full-time equivalent) and 53 non-teaching staff (37 full-time equivalent). [34] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,071 students with 85 teachers (82 full-time equivalent) and 48 non-teaching staff (35 full-time equivalent). [32]
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.
The school opened to its first 110 Year 7 students in 2022 with 14 teachers (13.51 full-time equivalent) and 11 non-teaching staff (8.68 full-time equivalent). By 2027, the school expects to offer a full secondary program with an expected 1200 students. [24] [34] [35] There are no government secondary schools in West Mackay.