Rossville
in Cook Shire of Queensland, Australia

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Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
-15.700 and 145.254 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
S -15° 41' 59" and E 145° 15' 14"
Currency and Currency Code:
Dollar - AUD
Spoken languages:
English
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 09:35 PM (Tuesday)
Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:40 am and 6:24 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
17.050 and -25.333 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Botija
References
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Discover Rossville

Rossville in Cook Shire (Queensland) with it's 285 citizens is a city in Australia about 1,374 mi (or 2,211 km) north of Canberra, the country's capital city.

Local time in Rossville is now 09:35 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Australia / Brisbane with an UTC offset of 10 hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Rossville. The closest airport in Australia is Cooktown Airport in a distance of 18 mi (or 29 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Wet Tropics of Queensland in a distance of 95 mi (or 153 km), North.

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Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 27°C / 81 °F

Morning Temperature 24°C / 74 °F
Evening Temperature 26°C / 78 °F
Night Temperature 25°C / 77 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 62%
Air Pressure 1014 hPa
Wind Speed Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from West
Cloud Conditions Few clouds, covering 12% of sky
General Conditions Light rain

Wednesday, 6th of November 2024

27°C (81 °F)
24°C (75 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.

Thursday, 7th of November 2024

28°C (82 °F)
24°C (75 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.

Friday, 8th of November 2024

27°C (81 °F)
24°C (76 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.

Videos from this area

These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.

Bryan elephantly moving rock to rock at Lions Den near Cooktown.wmv

Published: January 29, 2013
Length: 03:27 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Bryan Foster

This poor guy has all the agility of an elephant. Watch as he clims down a larger rock to cross a small creek to another at the creek at Lions Den camping area south of Cooktown. LOL.


Offroading on the Maytown and Creb track

Published: May 10, 2018
Length: 57:15 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: 4_The_Adventure

Hitting the tracks on Maytown track and CREB track. Offroading camping for the long weekend. Also a quick stop at Lions den.


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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.

Black Mountain (Kalkajaka) National Park

Black Mountain (Kalkajaka) National Park is a 781 hectare protected area in the Queensland,, 25 km south west of Cooktown. It is managed and protected as a national park under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. The main feature of the park, besides the many disappearances, is the mass of granite boulders, some the size of houses. Between the boulders and rocks is an absence of soil so that gaps penetrate inside the mountain. These rocks can become extremely hot.

Located at -15.6681, 145.232 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
National parks of Far North Queensland, Protected areas established in 1967, Wet Tropics of Queensland, 1967 establishments in Australia

Kuku Nyungkal people

The Kuku Nyungkal people (or Annan River Tribe) are a group of Aboriginal Australians who are the original custodians of the coastal mountain slopes, wet tropical forests, waters, and waterfalls of the Upper Annan River, south of Cooktown, Queensland All Kuku Nyungkal people share in common social descent from ancestors who back to time immemorial have transmitted, from generation to generation, their Kuku Nyungkal dialect, knowledge, names (for people, places, and things), traditions, heritage, plus lore In 1995 Queensland's Aboriginal Land Tribunal, relying on Kuku Nyungkal genealogical material submitted to them, estimated the total population of Kuku Nyungkal people to be "at least 900" (not including those people who had married into Kuku Nyungkal families)

Located at -15.6667, 145.25 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Aboriginal peoples of Queensland, Far North Queensland


This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Rossville