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Service Station,Roadhouse Caravan Park Rubbish Bin,Tip Fuel Water Supply Toilet Pub Food,Shopping Camp Fee Police Station Medical Services Resort,Motel
PlaceID29417
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Latitude17.67183º S 17º 40' 18.59" S
Longitude141.0772º E 141º 04' 37.95" E
Altitude27
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 Description of Normanton

Normanton, is a small cattle town in the north of the state of Queensland, Australia, just south of the Gulf of Carpentaria, on the Norman River. The town's population is 1447, over half of whom are indigenous Australians (2001 census). The town is one terminus of the isolated Normanton - Croydon Railway, which was built during gold rush days in the 1890s. The Gulflander motor train operates once a week. The shire is the administrative centre of Carpentaria Shire Council.
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Normanton 1891 Railway Station 31-12-1985
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Main road south through Normanton
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Crocodile at Normanton
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Gulflander
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Normanton Station
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 Weather & Climate for Normanton

Closest Weather Station

Normanton at 12:00 03 Dec EST
Distance from Normanton 1.76km S
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
35.3°C 36.2°C 37% 18.4°C 1009.3hPa 0.0mm NNE 11km/h
6knots
17km/h
9knots

Closest Climatic Station

Croydon Township
Distance from Normanton 136.88km SE
 JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C 35.634.634.434.0 31.729.329.231.2 34.236.938.137.3
Mean Min. °C 24.223.923.321.0 17.914.714.015.7 19.122.424.424.6
Mean Rain mm 215.3176.7116.123.3 8.18.83.92.7 5.413.944.0113.0

 What Others Say about Normanton

  Saturday, 10 November 2007   Bob and Marion   RatingRatingRatingRatingRating
The highlight of a visit to Normanton is to ride the Gulflander to Croydon and return. the commentar...
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 Treks passing Normanton

Gulf Track Gulf Track
This track follows the Gulf of Carpentaria from Borroloola to Normanton in one of Australia's harshest outback areas. At first, it appears a dry and barren place but if you take a few side diversions you'll find gorges of paradise & rivers of barramundi. [Feature Story]
Normanton to Coen via Kowanyama Normanton to Coen via Kowanyama
This trek traverses through the beautiful Gulf Savannah region which extends from the Great Dividing Range in the east to the Northern Territory border in the west.

 Places within 5km of Normanton

Water Tower Brody Street NORMANTON [0.12km]  
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Channel: 6 Callsign: CSC06
Norman River, Burke Dev Road [1.45km]  
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Normanton Airstrip [1.69km]  
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 Recommended Reading for Normanton

Cape York Cape York
The main part of this map is a road map at a scale of 1: 1,000,000 designed for planning a trip anywhere throughout the Cape York Penninsula region. The main route to the "The Tip" via the Penninsula Developmental Road is clearly shown along with other minor routes.
Natmap Digital Maps 2008 Natmap Digital Maps 2008
NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 is the next generation of Geoscience Australia's popular NATMAP Raster 1:250 000 scale topographic digital maps. NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 are exact digital copies of Geoscience Australia's NATMAP topographic maps. They cover the whole of Australia at 1:250 000 scale, and are current to 2006.
$99.00 [Add to Cart]Latest Edition
SE5407 Normanton SE5407 Normanton
This 1:250K topographic paper map covers an area about 150km from east to west and 110km from north to south (1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude). The map contains natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours (interval 50m), localities and some administrative boundaries.
$10.00 [Add to Cart]Allow 2 weeks for delivery
Cape York CD Rom Cape York CD Rom
Going to the Cape and want more than a paper map to guide you? The Cape York CD-Rom Map offers Hema’s popular Cape York paper map in formats ready for use with your GPS tracking software, plus all the text and photos from the original map in an easy-to-use webpage format.
Cape York Explorer Card Cape York Explorer Card
Going to the Cape and want more than a paper map to guide you? The Cape York Explorer Card offers Hema’s popular Cape York paper map in formats ready for use with your GPS tracking software, plus all the text from the original map in an easy-to-use format.
$20.00 [Add to Cart]NEW item in the Shop
Top End & Gulf Top End & Gulf
Another beautiful map publication showing enormous detail of the Top End and Gulf region of Australia. The map shows all major and minor roads and tracks, most of which have been extensively field-checked using Hemas GPS mapping system. Aboriginal land is highlighted as are fuel and food stops.
Gulf Country Gulf Country
This map features the "Great Top Road" 4WD route stretching across the Gulf of Carpentaria from SW Cape York to Katherine in the Top End of NT including the magnificent Lawn Hill NP and bitumen Barkley Highway from Mt Isa to Tennant Creek.
North Queensland North Queensland
This map covers Australias beautiful North Queensland. This double sided map features the whole North Queensland on one side and town maps, tourist information and points of interest on the other. Areas covered include North West Queensland, Mackay Region, Tropical Far North Queensland, The Whitsundays and Magnetic North.

 Important Notes

Whilst indicating location of water supplies, ExplorOz makes no recommendation with regard to the quality of water for drinking purposes. We strongly recommend that when travelling you take ample supplies of water from reliable drinking water sources.