Lake Placid
in Cairns of Queensland, Australia
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Mareeba Golf Club (Golf course, 9.807 mi) - Mossman Golf Club (Golf course, 9.818 mi)
- Cairns Tropical Zoo (zoo, (9.828 mi)
- Henry Ross Lookout (observation point, (9.826 mi)
- Yorkey's Knob Boating Club (marina, (9.830 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 0.000 and 0.000 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 0° 0' 0" and E 0° 0' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 05:03 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:42 am and 6:49 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 17.050 and -25.333 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Botija - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Delve into Lake Placid
The district Lake Placid of in Cairns (Queensland) is a subburb in Australia about 1,290 mi north of Canberra, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 28°C / 82 °F
| Morning Temperature | 22°C / 72 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 26°C / 78 °F |
| Night Temperature | 22°C / 72 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 3% |
| Air Humidity | 68% |
| Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 20% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
28°C (82 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, few clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, few clouds.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
28°C (82 °F)
23°C (73 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
BLOOMFIELD LODGE - BEAUTIFULLY
Sea Change Beachfront Apartments
Costa Royale Trinity Beach
The Beach Place
TROPIC TOWERS APARTMENTS
Edge Apartments Cairns
Trinity Waters
MARLIN COVE RESORT
Cairns Sheridan Hotel
PALM ROYALE CAIRNS
Videos from this area
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Kuranda mit Railway & Skyrail
Der vielleicht beliebteste Tagesausflug von Cairns aus führt in das Dorf Kuranda, welches im Regenwald auf der Great Dividing Range liegt. Am besten fährt man morgens mit der Scenic Railway,...
Sky-rail ned fra Kuranda.
Fantastisk tur med gondolbane ned fra Kuranda. Turen er på 7,5 kilometer og det er innlagt to stopp i regnskogen,
Barron Falls, Kuranda, QLD, Australia
Barron Falls, Kuranda, QLD, Australia - Homepage: www.horstfischer.eu.
The Kuranda Range (more).3gp
Driving up Kuranda Range( with camera in car)Far North Queensland. Australia.Starts at 2.44min kids at beginning.
Bungee Jump (View of Tower and Crew)
Nick Linthorne bungee jumping in the rainforest near Cairns, Queensland. The tower is 50 m high.
Kuranda Scenic Railway
Take a ride along Australia's 'Kurander Scenic Railway' from Freshwater to Kurander. The line climbs through tunnels, over viaducts, past waterfalls. See the wonderful views unfold as the train...
Cairns Karanda Downhill Track testing the new Gopro Hero 3 black edition out
Cairns Karanda Downhill.
Cairns and The Great Barrier Reef Working Holiday
Naomi is having the time of her life working as a bus driver at JJ's Backpackers. She hears stories of all the backpackers Queensland adventures. So far she has visited Atherton Tablelands,...
Metal Detecting Relics: Primus No.1 Fuel Stove + King George V Silver Sixpence: Garrett GTI-2500.
Metal detecting a vacant inner city allotment, short and sweet. We uncover an antique Primus No.1 pressure fuel stove made in Sweden (c1896), as used by Amundsen on his 1910-12 South Polar...
World Hepatitis Day 2011 Cairns
This is a video giving information about World Hepatitis Day 2011 and events planned in Cairns, Queensland for the day. If you have any questions about this video, about World Hepatitis Day,...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Barron Gorge National Park
Barron Gorge National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,404 km northwest of Brisbane and 2 km from Kuranda. Barron Gorge is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The Kuranda Scenic Railway line passes through the park with a station at Barron Falls. One train runs from and returns to Cairns daily. The original weir, constructed in 1934 at the top of the falls, is visible from the station lookout.
Freshwater Christian College
Freshwater Christian College is a private interdenominational School located in the suburb of Brinsmead, near Cairns, in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is a co-educational school with all grades from Kindergarten to Year 12. It was renamed from Cairns Christian College to Freshwater Christian College in 2008, but has no relation to the nearby Freshwater Creek.
Kuranda, Queensland
Kuranda is a town on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia, it is 25 kilometres from Cairns, via the Kuranda Range road. It is surrounded by tropical rainforest and adjacent to the Wet Tropics World Heritage listed Barron Gorge National Park. At the 2006 census, Kuranda had a population of 1,611.
Cairns West State School
Cairns West State School is located on Hoare Street, Manunda, Queensland, Australia. The school caters for students from Prep to Year 7. Cairns West was one of the first Queensland schools to offer a "Prep" year. An Early Intervention class and a Deaf Unit are attached to the School and these facilities provide students with access to specialist teachers. The suburbs around Cairns West State School contain more "Public Housing" than any other suburbs in Queensland.
Edge Hill State School
Edge Hill State School (EHSS) is a primary school located approximately 8 kilometres from the centre of Cairns, Queensland offering public education to children living within the suburbs of Edge Hill, Manunda and Cairns North. As at 2008, the School's vision is: \t \t "..
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is a scenic cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park from the Cairns suburb of Caravonica to Kuranda, Queensland. The development of Skyrail was controversial as some local residents believed that damage may be done to World Heritage listed rainforest. Following seven years of planning and approvals, and 14 months of construction, Skyrail opened to the public in August 1995.
Barron Falls
Barron Falls is where the Barron River makes its descent from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain, in Queensland, Australia. Protected within the Barron Gorge National Park, the volume of water seen in the upper photo only occurs after substantial rainfall during the wet season.
Stoney Creek Falls
Stoney Creek Falls are found in the Barron Gorge National Park, north-east of Cairns, in Queensland, Australia. The falls are formed where Stoney Creek starts to descend in steps from the shoulders of the gorge. The falls are best known for the curved lattice railway bridge that passes in front of them. This gives passengers aboard the Kuranda Scenic Railway and The Savannahlander an excellent view of the falls as their train crosses the creek.
Trinity Bay State High School
Trinity Bay State High is a co-educational school with an enrolment in 2012 around 1450 students, across Year levels 8 to 12. The school draws from the surrounding “three M” suburbs of Manoora, Manunda and Mooroobool in addition to populations in surrounding mortgage belt suburbs. Trinity Bay SHS continues to grow with students attracted by the excellent programs offered at the school.
Australian Butterfly Sanctuary
The Australian Butterfly Sanctuary is a butterfly zoo and exhibit situated in the centre of Kuranda, Queensland, Australia. Kuranda Butterfly Sanctuary is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as Australia’s largest butterfly flight aviary and exhibit. The sanctuary was conceived, designed, and built by Paul and Susan Wright in 1987. The sanctuary rears only native butterflies of Australia that are bred on the premises.
Smithfield State High School
Smithfield State High School is a secondary school located in Smithfield, Queensland, in Australia. It attracts students primarily from Cairns and Kuranda. The school has about 850 students. The current principal is Barry Courtney.
Kuranda Scenic Railway
The Kuranda Scenic Railway is a name for the railway line that runs from Cairns, Queensland, Australia to the nearby town of Kuranda. The tourist railway snakes its way up the Macalister Range and is no longer used for regular commuter services. It passes through the suburbs of Stratford, Freshwater (stopping at Freshwater Station) and Redlynch before reaching Kuranda. The line is used for some freight services and other passenger services, such as The Savannahlander.
Smithfield, Queensland
Smithfield, about 15 km to the north of Cairns, Queensland, Australia was first established in 1876, and was a rival for dominance of the area to Cairns at that time. However, after a devastating flooding of the Barron River on which the settlement was situated during a cyclone, the original site was abandoned. It is now a suburb of Cairns, and is the business and trade centre of the Cairns 'Northern Beaches'.
Kuranda Range road
The Kuranda Range road is an informally named section of the Kennedy Highway, located near Cairns that traverses the Macalister Range. The 11.5 kilometres section of road connects Smithfield and Kuranda, after which it is named, at an altitude of about 360 metres . Traffic is primarily limited to one lane each way, with overtaking lanes at various points. The Kuranda Skyrail cableway crosses the road twice.
Yorkeys Knob, Queensland
Yorkeys Knob is one of the beach suburbs of Cairns, the regional capital of Far North Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 13 km north of the centre of Cairns, and is the third beach suburb after Machans Beach and Holloways Beach.
Lake Placid, Queensland
Lake Placid is a suburb of Cairns in far northern Queensland, Australia. It is named after a natural pond in the Barron River, created by a rock barrage. Lake Placid is the entrance to the Barron Gorge National Park.
Rainforestation Nature Park
Rainforestation Nature Park is situated 5 minutes from Kuranda, North Queensland, Australia. Set on 100 acres in the midst of World Heritage rainforest, the park (formerly Mountain Groves) opened in 1976. The site had previously been used as a coffee and orange plantation. Rainforestation has since expanded significantly to give visitors insight into indigenous culture, Australian native wildlife and World Heritage-listed rainforest.
Holloways Beach, Queensland
Holloways Beach is a 12 minute drive north of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The population is about 3,000. It has a lifeguard for much of the year. There are several restaurants including Strait on the Beach and Coolums. There is a pub, Bogies, and a sports club. There is a newsagent, convenience store, launderette and video shop. Cairns Beach Resort has affordable accommodation and is opposite the beach.
Freshwater, Queensland
Freshwater is a suburb of Cairns, Queensland in Australia. The Kuranda Scenic Railway has a stop in the suburb. The suburb once belonged to the Shire of Mulgrave but was amalgamated into the City of Cairns. At the 2006 census, Freshwater had a population of 1,976. The European history of Freshwater is a long and proud one, dating back to 1877.
Peace Lutheran College
Peace Lutheran College is a co-educational, private school located in Kamerunga in the city of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The school educates students from "prep" to 12th grade and first opened in 1994. The school offers boarding facilities. The school is part of the Lutheran Church of Australia.
Stratford, Queensland
Stratford is a suburb 7 kilometres (5 mi) north of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The population is about 2,000. It is at the base of Mount Whitfield and Lumley Hill and on the banks of the Barron River. There are several restaurants, a pub, The Barron River Hotel, a service station, a newsagent, convenience store, launderette, a pizza shop and deli.
Aeroglen, Queensland
Aeroglen is a suburb approximately 3 miles north of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is located on a slope at the foot of the Mount Whitfield Conservation Park and adjacent to Cairns International Airport. There is also a village opposite the airport, on the western side of the Captain Cook Highway
Caravonica, Queensland
Caravonica is a suburb of Cairns, Queensland approximately 7 miles from the City Centre. Caravonica lies in the foothills of the Queensland tropical rain forests. The actual village itself is 0.75 miles in length from its most northern point to its most southern point. The boundary of the suburb can be found as far north as the Tjapukai Aboriginal Culture Park and the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway's southern terminal is known as the Caravonica Terminal.
Mooroobool, Queensland
Mooroobool is a suburb of Cairns Region local government area. It is located 5.4 km west of the central business district of Cairns, Australia. At the 2006 census, Mooroobool had a population of 6,618. Mooroobool has a mixture of residential dwellings which are mainly houses and commercial properties. Mooroobool has a Campbell’s Super IGA, a police beat and a Westpac bank. Nearby suburbs are Earlville, Kanimbla and Brinsmead.
William Walter Mason Bridge
The William Walter Mason Memorial Bridge (also known as Barron River Bridge) is a road bridge over the Barron River on the Captain Cook Highway in Stratford, Queensland, Australia. The first Barron River Bridge was built by John Holland Constructions in 1977. On 12 August 1978 it was named after William Walter Mason, the first settler who bought a land on the north side of the Barron River in 1882.
Yorkeys Knob: Caravonica − Caravonica Roundabout (South), Yorkeys Knob (source)
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