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Bungendore is quite near a hill known as Gibraltar Hill. [16] and is located close to the Great Dividing Range where it traverses the Butmaroo Range, some 10 km to the East, not far from the Butmaroo Homestead. Bungendore experiences a relatively sunny and dry oceanic climate (Cfb), similar to nearby Goulburn and Canberra.
The Baker Complex is located adjacent to the Kowen district of the Australian Capital Territory, about 25 km east of Canberra city, 15 km east of Queanbeyan and 15 km south-southwest of Bungendore.
Bungendore railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Bombala line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Bungendore . The design of the station has been attributed to John Whitton .
Bungendore Wamboin is a rural -residential area in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales , Australia in the County of Murray , Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council LGA . It is approximately 16 kilometres north-east of the Australian city of Canberra .
This was the location of a munitions store during the Second World War, that could be detonated to stop passage from the coast to the national capital inland. [ 4 ] Dozens of soft toys are placed in the eucalyptus trees along the stretch of road that connects Queanbeyan and Bungendore.
It is located just to the north-east of the Australian Capital Territory and includes part of the town of Bungendore on the eastern edge and the rural community of Wamboin near the south-western edge. Part of Lake George is the boundary in the north-east. The Yass River is the boundary in the west. Turallo Creek is the boundary in the east.
On Sunday, 10 August 1969, the line was temporarily re-opened as the location for the railway scenes in the feature film, Ned Kelly, starring Mick Jagger. [ 7 ] [ 11 ] The special train scheduled for the film was hauled by Locomotive 1243, which was renumbered 176 for the film, and fitted with a kerosene headlamp.
Gibraltar Hill is situated 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) east of Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Capital Wind Farm at Bungendore is visible from the hill, and, according to Australian naval officer Stacey Porter, the view makes "a really nice outlook."