Thursday Island
in Torres of Queensland, Australia
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Horn Island Airport (5 mi) - Kubin Airport (25 mi)
- Bamaga Injinoo Airport (30 mi)
- Badu Island Airport (30 mi)
- Mabuiag Island Airport (44 mi)
- Warraber Island Airport (49 mi)
- Yam Island Airport (60 mi)
- Coconut Island Airport (69 mi)
- Port Kennedy (marina, (0 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -10.583 and 142.219 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -10° 34' 57" and E 142° 13' 10"
- 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: 05:50 AM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:58 am and 6:30 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -2.850 and -39.950 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Volta do Rio - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Explore Thursday Island
Thursday Island in Torres (Queensland) with it's 2,610 inhabitants is located in Australia about 1,761 mi (or 2,834 km) north of Canberra, the country's capital.
Local time in Thursday Island is now 05:50 AM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named Australia / Brisbane with an UTC offset of 10 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Thursday Island. The closest airport in Australia is Horn Island Airport in a distance of 5 mi (or 8 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
We found 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Daru, Muting, Ihu, Kimaam and Bade. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 29°C / 84 °F
| Morning Temperature | 26°C / 79 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 27°C / 81 °F |
| Night Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 4% |
| Air Humidity | 77% |
| Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 96% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Wednesday, 6th of November 2024
28°C (82 °F)
26°C (79 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 7th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
27°C (80 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Friday, 8th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
26°C (79 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Wongai Beach Hotel
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Northern Blue Charters - Torres Strait Fishing
Come on board the San Miguel, Check out the crew from "Fishin Trips" - Stop the Bus with Jason Kennedy, out of the Torres Straits is the most extreme fishing and adventure The trip includes...
Goodes Island Sunset
Time lapse done from the top of Green Hill Fort on Thursday Island as the sun sets over Goodes Island in the Torres Strait.
N700 series Shinkansen from Yokohama to Tokyo
Footage taken on the 5.47pm departure from Yokohama to Tokyo, on the 7th April 2012. Speeds of up to 300km/hr were reached. Riding this was something I'd always wanted to do! This video was...
Bombs Away - Bomb dive off the back of the boat in super slow motion, High Speed Camera
Last swim before we catch our plane back to Sydney, Got to be quick and best to do a BOMB DIVE to scare away any Croc's that could be hiding under the boat! Shot at 1000 frames per second...
Sailing to Thusday Island.
July 2012, Sailing up to Thursday Island with the boys.
NYE Fireworks - Thursday Island, Queensland
8PM Fireworks on the foreshore at Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Queensland.
Thursday Island 2018
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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.
Shire of Torres
The Shire of Torres is a local government area located in Far North Queensland, Australia, covering large sections of the Torres Strait Islands and the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula north of 11°S latitude. It holds two distinctions—it is the northernmost Local Government Area in Australia, and is the only one to abut an international border — it is at one point just 73 kilometres from Papua New Guinea. It is administered from Thursday Island.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Thursday Island.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Thursday, Thursday Island, Île Thursday, 木曜島, 목요섬, 星期四島, Wyspa Thursday, Ilha Thursday, Терсди, Torsdagsön, Терсді, 星期四岛, 他士爹島
