Grafton - NSW

  City

Position

DEG: -29.691731 152.9382
DMS: 29º 41' 30.23" S 152º 56' 17.53" E
UTM: 56 J 6715371mN 494021mE
Altitude: 7.43m

Description

Place Type

Population - City

Location

246.1kms South of Brisbane - Driving 313 km (3 hours 27 mins)
490.61kms North of Sydney - Driving 615 km (6 hours 52 mins)

Address & Contact

Grafton NSW 2460
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/north-coast/clarence-valley/grafton

Information

The city of Grafton is the commercial hub of the Clarence River Valley. Established in 1851, Grafton features many historic buildings and tree-lined streets.

Grafton is also known as the Jacaranda City, in reference to its tree-lined streets and annual Jacaranda Festival, held in October/November.

Grafton is also well known for the Grafton Cup horse race, held yearly on the second Thursday in July. A half day holiday is observed in Grafton for the Cup day.

Grafton is the birthplace of several renowned country music players. Local artist, Troy Cassar-Daley received four Golden Guitar awards in the 2006 Tamworth Country Music Awards – the largest and most prestigious country music awards in Australia. At the same awards event Samantha McClymont, the 2005/2006 Grafton Jacaranda Queen and sister of Brooke McClymont, also received an award for her country music talent.

A vision of Grafton with its numerous brilliantly-flowered trees in bloom, is immortalised in Australian music culture in Cold Chisel's song Flame Trees.

Grafton is the gateway to the wild rivers, ravishing gorges and ancient rainforest of nearby Nymboida National Park offering paddling, hiking, camping and 4WD touring amid places teeming with birdlife.
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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Grafton AgRS at 10/10:00am EDT
Distance from Grafton 8km N
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
26.7°C30.2°C83%23.6°ChPa0.0mmW11km/hr
6knots
15km/hr
8knots

Closest Climatic Station

Grafton Olympic Pool
Distance from Grafton 1.45km NW
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C30.129.328.226.123.120.820.522.124.926.728.129.6
Mean Min. °C19.719.718.014.911.28.16.37.310.413.716.318.4
Mean Rain mm146.1153.4128.688.980.469.638.738.737.579.4104.2120.5

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