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Atherton - QLD
PlaceID
30096
Latitude
17.26864º S 17º 16' 7.11" S
Longitude
145.4752º E 145º 28' 30.79" E
Altitude
0
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Description of Atherton
Atherton is in the lovely Tropical Tablelands, with beautiful lakes, waterfalls, rich red soil and tropical rainforest.
The Tableland area is famous for producing peanuts, maize and potatoes. Don't miss the Curtain Fig Tree, Millaa Millaa Falls, crater lakes and amazing rock formations.
Atherton is ideally situated as a base to explore most
places
of interest in the Tablelands area.
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Weather & Climate for Atherton
Closest Weather Station
Atherton at 15:00 05 Sep th rowspan="3">Date/Time
Distance from Atherton 1.61km N
Temperature
Feels Like
Rel. Humidity
Dew Point
Pressure
Rainfall
Wind Direction
Wind Speed
Gusts
27.5°C
31.4°C
83%
24.3°C
-hPa
0.0mm
NE
11km/h
6knots
-km/h
-knots
Closest Climatic Station
Atherton Shire Council
Distance from Atherton 1.61km N
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Mean Max. °C
28.4
27.7
26.5
25.0
23.4
21.5
21.4
22.3
25.4
27.6
28.7
28.9
Mean Min. °C
18.7
19.3
18.3
16.9
14.0
12.7
10.4
10.9
12.5
15.1
16.7
18.2
Mean Rain mm
218.1
312.4
222.5
127.9
61.2
40.5
42.2
37.8
18.3
36.3
67.2
137.5
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Tolga Recreation Reserve
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Located 30km south of Mareeba. The campground is situated in the south end of the town.
Atherton Airstrip
[4.25km]
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Tolga
[4.89km]
Tolga is a small country town that acts as an intersection between Lake Tinaroo, Mareeba and Atherton. It is an extremely fertile farming area that produces a range of crops such as fruit, potatoes, maize, sugar cane and peanuts. It is also a prime location for cattle grazing, dairy and deer farming. Currently, Tolga is not a tourist town.
Tumbare
[1.02km]
Tolga Recreation Reserve
[4.16km]
Golden Grove
[1.86km]
Atherton Airstrip
[4.25km]
Wirpoo
[2.29km]
Tolga
[4.89km]
Nyleta
[3.58km]
Recommended Reading for Atherton
Cairns and Region Handy Map
Contains 5 separate map inserts at a scale of 1 22 500 as follows: Cairns CBD, Cairns Region, Edmonton, Gordonvale, Northern Beaches providing good detail for visitors. A 6th larger scale map insert shows the Cairns Region and would be useful for trip planning purposes.
$6.95
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Townsville and Region
This double sided map features a regional map covering Cairns to Mackay and in as fas as Hughenden. It has a suburban map of Townsville as well as CBD maps of Cleveland Bay, Bushland Beach, Black River, Jensen, Mount Low, Deeraun, Saunders Beach and Magnetic Island.
$6.95
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Atherton Tableland
This is a road map showing Cardwell to the Daintree on one side and contains town maps of all the major centres within the area on the otherside. Includes all the major attractions, and comprehensive tourist information.
$8.95
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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.
$8.95
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Natmap Raster 2005
This NATMAP Raster was released in April 2005. This is a 4 CD set that contains all 1:250 000 scale NATMAP topographic maps covering Australia, published to December 2004.
$99.00
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Natmap Raster 2005: Premium - DVD
This new NATMAP Raster was released in April 2005. This is a 2 DVD set that contains all 1:250 000 scale NATMAP topographic maps covering Australia, published to December 2004.
$119.00
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Tropical North Queensland
Townsville - Cairns - Cooktown. This map covers the coastal region of Far North Queensland from Townsville to Cooktown and extends west to Mount Surprise. The back of the map is packed with information and colour photographs of this spectacular World Heritage Area.
$8.95
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Tropical North QLD CD Map
The Tropical North QLD CD Map offer's Hema's Tropical North 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.
$29.95
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Cairns and Region Handy Map
Natmap Raster 2005
Townsville and Region
Natmap Raster 2005: Premium - DVD
Atherton Tableland
Tropical North Queensland
Cape York
Tropical North QLD CD Map
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