There are many grey, wedge-shaped mounds with some rising several metres high around this area. These mounds are built by termites and are a mysterious natural phenomena because they all seem to have the flat sides with a North-South orientation. Termites (Amitermes) are light pale-skinned creatures that are blind and cannot survive well in direct sunlight. In these super structures there are worker termites that are born small, soldier termites that have unusually shaped heads with large jaws and the reproductive termites which are also called 'winged alates'. Reproductives fly out of the colony looking for a mate and end up being the king and queen of the new colony, although few survive the task. These amazing creatures don't like too much heat and even though they build these structures in some of the most extreme weather conditions in Australia, the North-South positioning seem to protect it from the sun's overhead heat and its sheer height protects it from floods. Scientists have wondered how they can build these huge termite cities with its perfect North-South orientation so they started experimenting with magnets near a broken section of the mound to change the earth's natural magnetic field. After realising the termites started changing the direction of the construction, it was concluded that they are influenced by magnetic fields somehow.

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Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
35.0°C	35.8°C	34%	17.2°C	1007.0hPa	0.0mm	E	9km/h 5knots	19km/h 10knots

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	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	33.5	33.0	33.9	34.3	33.1	31.4	31.5	33.4	36.2	37.4	36.6	34.8
Mean Min. °C	23.9	23.8	23.6	21.5	18.5	15.7	14.9	15.9	19.3	22.3	23.4	23.8
Mean Rain mm	329.2	316.7	215.6	63.8	9.1	0.4	2.5	2.4	7.7	40.2	127.0	229.3