Pinnacles
in Townsville of Queensland, Australia
- 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: 07:56 AM (Monday)
- Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:43 am and 6:50 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 17.050 and -25.333 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Botija - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Explore Pinnacles
The district Pinnacles of in Townsville (Queensland) is located in Australia about 1,105 mi north of Canberra, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, 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 | 24°C / 74 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 27°C / 81 °F |
| Night Temperature | 25°C / 78 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 64% |
| Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (7 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 36% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Monday, 25th of November 2024
28°C (83 °F)
25°C (77 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
25°C (78 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
26°C (78 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Upper Ross Hotel
Videos from this area
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Walk Around Ross River with NIK - Six Figure Mentors
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3D signs being painted on a football field
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Rip;; JessicaAnn
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Operations on the Catherine Division
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18 Birdwing Court, Douglas Queensland By Chris Janke
Property Video shoot of 18 Birdwing Court, Douglas Queensland by PlatinumHD http://www.platinumhd.tv for Ray White Townsville City.
Another of our Ads. On Townsville TV since the 90's
One of early 2001 Ads - The 1 month VIP offer mentioned in this ad is no longer valid but you can give the school a call and see what great offers we have to help get you started in the martial...
Barramundi disease-Protozoans etc - Kate Hudson CSTFA @ JCU
Dr Kate Hudson for CSTFA at JCU presents diseases of importance for Barramundi specially looking at protozoans and metazoans.
Experimental - Pentax K7 Low Light
Pentax K7 low light test After effects remove grain and colour correction. http://luenwarneke.com/ Cast: Carl Kruger.
Great Bowerbird at JCU
"Playing" with one of the male Great Bowerbirds at JCU, Townsville.
A Movie Trailer (Horror)
A project for Uni. Made by myself ( Alan Marlowe ), Josh Dykgraaf, Cameron Thwaites and Shifei "David" He. Soundtrack is "Mutations" by Risset. We were given a sound file to use and then make...
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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.
James Cook University
James Cook University (JCU) is a public university based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The university has three Australian campuses in Townsville, Brisbane and Cairns respectively, and an international campus in Singapore. JCU is the second oldest university in Queensland—proclaimed in 1970—and the first tertiary education institution in North Queensland. JCU is one of only seventeen Australian universities that were listed in the ARWU top 400 academic world universities in 2008.
City of Thuringowa
The City of Thuringowa was a city and local government area in North Queensland, Australia covering the northern and western parts of what is now Townsville. The suburb of Thuringowa Central is the main business centre in this area. Thuringowa was named after the German region of Thuringia where the shire's first chairman, John von Stieglitz originated. Prior to its proclamation as a city on 1 January 1986, Thuringowa was a large rural shire, almost surrounding the City of Townsville.
Ryan Catholic College
Ryan Catholic College is a combined, co-educational, primary and secondary school in what is now the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was established by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville in 1979. Ryan is the largest catholic school in Townsville. It currently has over 1900 enrolments and employs approximately 200 teachers. It is unique in the fact that students are not required to address their teachers by their prefixes and last names.
Willows Sports Complex
The Willows Sports Complex, currently known as 1300SMILES Stadium due to sponsorship rights, is a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It has historically been used mainly for rugby league, and is the home ground of the National Rugby League club the North Queensland Cowboys. It has also been used for rugby union. For sponsorship reasons, the stadium was previously known as Stockland Stadium (1995–98), Malanda Stadium (1998) and Dairy Farmers Stadium (1999–2013).
Douglas, Queensland
Douglas is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia south of the Ross River and west of the city centre. Though mainly residential, it does contain James Cook University and the Townsville Hospital. The suburb is also known due to the Douglas Arterial Road which is a thoroughfare single-carriageway motorway through the suburb, also the first stage of the Townsville Ring Road.
Hervey Range
The Hervey Range is located in New South Wales, Australia. The Parkes Radio Telescope, formerly the largest dish in the Southern Hemisphere and featured on the popular Australian movie The Dish, is located right in front of the Hervey Range.
Willows Shopping Centre
Willows Shopping Centre is a sub-regional shopping centre, located in Kirwan, a suburb of Townsville, Queensland. It is one of Townsville's largest shopping centers with a total of 130 retail stores. An Australian Breastfeeding Association five-star-rated parents' room is provided, complete with children's play area, as well as a state of the art new male, female and disabled room facilities.
Mount Stuart, Queensland
. Mount Stuart is located in Queensland, Australia, overlooking Townsville with an elevation of 584 metres. It was named for Clarendon Stuart (1833–1912), from 1859 Townsville's first district surveyor. Mount Stuart is used for commercial and ABC Queensland television transmission, it was also used as a Bureau of Meteorology radar station until late 2011, where it was moved to Hervey Range.
Kirwan, Queensland
Kirwan is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Kirwan includes parks, shopping, Kirwan State High School and private schools as well as the Riverway complex which has a great deal of entertainment from swimming, barbecues and family outings to cultural events including an art gallery and night markets.
Kirwan State High School
Kirwan State High School is a coeducational state school located in Kirwan, Queensland, Australia, approximately 12 kilometres from the Townsville CBD. It has 2,304 students and over 120 teaching staff, making it the biggest high school in the state and the largest in North Queensland and The former Thuringowa city.
Riverway, Townsville
Riverway is a riverfront parkland attraction located in the Condon Suburb of Townsville that opened in July 2006. It stretches along 11 km of the Ross River, with areas at Pioneer Park, Loam Island, Apex Park and Ross Park at the Ross River Dam. The areas of Riverway that have been completed are Pioneer Park and Loam Island. Riverway is connected directly to the Thuringowa Central business district via a pathway along the foreshore.
Alice River, Queensland
Alice River is a Rural Acreage Village estate (suburb) in the City of Townsville in North Queensland, Australia. The estate is also known as Rupertswood, the estate was named by the developer who was Sir Rupert Clarke, 3rd Baronet of Rupertswood, after his ancestral home "Rupertswood" at Sunbury, Victoria, Australia. Alice River however was named by one of the Bell & Reid party in 1965 for a lady of his acquaintance. At the 2006 census, Alice River had a population of 1,674.
Thuringowa Central, Queensland
Thuringowa Central is a suburb and a commercial hub in western Townsville, Queensland. It was the central business district of the former City of Thuringowa before its amalgamation with the adjacent City of Townsville in 2008. While consisting of predominantly commercial buildings it also contains a residential subdivision. The suburb and surrounding area is often referred to by locals as The Willows - Willows Shoppingtown in Kirwan is a nearby major retail centre.
Condon, Queensland
Condon is a suburb in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Condon is part of the Upper Ross District and is the first of three suburbs along Riverway Drive. Condon's first residential development was in 1968; it was named after the Condon family (William Condon) who had settled on the Ross River and had a dairy farm. Townsville's motor way runs through Condon. Thuringowa State High School is also in this suburb.
Ross River Dam
The Ross River Dam is located at the end of Riverway Drive in the city of Townsville, Australia, and is the major water supply for the region. It was constructed by Leighton Holdings in 1971 for the purposes of flood mitigation and water storage.
Kelso, Queensland
Kelso is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia, the last of three suburbs along Riverway Drive. Kelso is the only suburb on Riverway Drive that has homes backing onto the Ross River.
Rasmussen, Queensland
Rasmussen is a suburb in the City of Townsville in Queensland, Australia. It is the second suburb on Riverway Drive and is between the suburbs of Condon and Kelso; like all the suburbs in the Upper Ross and Riverway area it is named after early settlers. Rasmussen is named after the Rasmussen family (Jorgen Rasmussen). The family had a dairy farm on the Ross River. The area is flat and is bounded on the east by the Ross River.
Thuringowa State High School
Thuringowa State High School is situated in the City of Townsville, North Queensland in the suburb of Condon. Thuringowa High opened in 1987 with year 8, 9 and 11 students, and offers programs in sport, cultural achievement, the Theatre Restaurant (Thuringowa high school was State finalist in the inaugural Showcase Awards) and Vocational education, amongst others.
Anton Breinl Centre
The Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine (Anton Breinl Centre or the ABC) is a constituent discipline of the School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, and specialises in public health and tropical medicine. The Anton Breinl Centre is one of only eight internationally recognised centres of excellence in tropical medicine worldwide and one of two in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Aitkenvale Aerodrome
Aitkenvale Aerodrome was an aerodrome located 10 km southwest of Townsville, Queensland, Australia near Aitkenvale Weir on the banks of the Ross River. It was also known as Weir and Aitkenvale Weir. The aerodrome was constructed in 1942, during World War II, for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as part of a group of airfields to be used as aircraft dispersal fields in the event of Imperial Japanese attack on the Townsville area.
James Cook University School of Medicine and Dentistry
The School of Medicine and Dentistry is a constituent body of the James Cook University.
Tony Ireland Stadium
The Tony Ireland Stadium is an international standard AFL and cricket stadium in Thuringowa Central, Townsville, Australia. The stadium is a part of the Riverway sporting and cultural complex.
James Cook University School of Business
The School of Business is a constituent of James Cook University which is responsible for Accounting, Economics, Business, Tourism, Marketing, Management, Development and Information Technology disciplines offered by James Cook University. The School of Business is located between the University's Cairn's Campus and Douglas Campus. The head of the school is Professor David Low.
James Cook University School of Law
The School of Law is a constituent body of James Cook University, and is the only regional law school in Queensland. The JCU Law School offers a comprehensive course that provides entry to the legal profession. The first-year experience has four compulsory non-substantive courses and two substantive courses designed for a staggered introduction to the LLB.
Pinnacles Gallery
Pinnacles Gallery is a dynamic art space located within the Riverway Arts Centre at Riverway, Townsville, with a mission "to make sure its programs are contemporary, engaging, accessible, interactive and enjoyable". Artists can submit applications to have solo exhibitions of their work exhibited, and the gallery co-ordinates a number of group exhibitions in which artists can submit works.
These districts also belong to .
Other districtsThese are districts that are close by, but belong to a different city than .
Hervey Range- Mount Stuart
- Alice River
- Bohle Plains
- Thuringowa
- Ross River
- Brookhill
- Toonpan
- Granite Vale
- Mount Louisa
- Barringha
- Stuart
- Cluden
- Oonoonba
- Aitkenvale
- Lynam
- Woodstock
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