Lake Eacham
District of North Johnstone
in Tablelands of Queensland, Australia
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Millaa Millaa Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi) - Mareeba Golf Club (Golf course, 29 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -17.326 and 145.661 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -17° 19' 34" and E 145° 39' 39"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 01:55 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 10:35 am and 9:52 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 17.050 and -25.333 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Botija - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Discover Lake Eacham
The district Lake Eacham of North Johnstone in Tablelands (Queensland) is a subburb in Australia about 1,261 mi north of Canberra, the country's capital city.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 19°C / 66 °F
| Morning Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Night Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 95% |
| Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 17th of May 2024
22°C (72 °F)
15°C (60 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Saturday, 18th of May 2024
21°C (70 °F)
14°C (57 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 19th of May 2024
20°C (67 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Eden House Retreat
Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges
Dunkley's Place
Curlew Cottage
Videos from this area
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Atherton Airport Approach Runway 15
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IS-28 M2 Missed approach
IS-28 M2 Missed approach.
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Yungaburra - Peterson creek home to the platypus
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Curtain Fig Tree
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The platypus
Peterson Creek, Yungaburra Atherton Tablelands - Home to the Platypus.
Atherton Tableland
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Cathedral Fig Tree in Far North Queensland
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Platypus
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A night at Curtain Fig N.P. 夜のカーテン・フィグ国立公園
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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.
Crater Lakes National Park
Crater Lakes is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1367 km northwest of Brisbane. The park contains two volcanically-formed lakes, Lake Barrine and Lake Eacham (Yidyam). Both lakes have walking trails around the lake; boat tours are also given at Lake Barrine.
Hasties Swamp National Park
Hasties Swamp is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,371 km northwest of Brisbane. The swamp is located several kilometers south of the town of Atherton in Far North Queensland. The main feature of the park is a seasonal wetland. Part of the swamp was first declared a national park on 5 April 1980. Habitat protected within the park supports up to 300 species of birds. These include the Sarus Crane, Pale-vented Bush-hen and Buff-banded Rail.
Topaz Road National Park
Topaz Road is a national park in Far North Queensland, 1348 km northwest of Brisbane.
Yungaburra National Park
The Yungaburra National Park is a national park on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located on the Curtain Fig Tree Road, near Yungaburra.
Yungaburra, Queensland
Yungaburra is a town located on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia, not far from Cairns. At the 2006 census, Yungaburra had a population of 932.
Atherton, Queensland
Atherton is a town on the Atherton Tablelands of Far North Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Atherton had a population of 7,068.
Lake Eacham
Lake Eacham: (originally Yidyam or Wiinggina) is a popular lake of volcanic origin on the Atherton Tableland of Queensland, Australia, within the World Heritage listed Wet Tropics of Queensland.
Lake Barrine
Lake Barrine is a freshwater lake situated on the eastern parts of Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia, close to Lake Eacham. The lake and surrounds are protected within the Crater Lakes National Park and are accessible via the Gillies Highway. Lake Barrine was formed over 17,000 years ago when a large volcano erupted, leaving a crater that over time filled up with water to create a lake. The crater or maar was formed as a result of a series of volcanic explosions.
Lake Tinaroo
Lake Tinaroo, also known as Tinaroo Dam, is a man-made reservoir on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. It was constructed between 1953 and 1958 on the Barron River close to Lake Barrine and Lake Eacham (Yidyam).
Tinaroo, Queensland
Tinaroo is a town in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located on Lake Tinaroo, man-made reservoir of the same name. At the 2006 census, Tinaroo had a population of 266.
Seven Sisters (Queensland)
The Seven Sisters are a series of seven volcanic mounds on the Atherton Tableland, near Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia.
Atherton State High School
Atherton State High School (ASHS) is a co-educational, state secondary school in Atherton, Queensland. Possibly its most notable alumnus is the former Premier of Queensland, Peter Beattie.
Malanda, Queensland
Malanda is a medium-sized town on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located 85 kilometres from Cairns and 732 metres above sea level. Malanda first developed in the 1900s after the discovery of tin and copper at Herberton saw a steady stream of miners and engineers moving over the mountains from the coast. At the 2006 census, Malanda had a population of 1,009.
Malanda Falls
The Malanda Falls are located just out of the Malanda on the North Johnstone River, on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. They are not as spectacular as some of the surrounding falls on the Tablelands, however are a very popular swimming spot for residents of the area, and an important historical site. The North Johnstone River is prone to significant flooding in the wet season.
Kearneys Falls
Kearneys Falls are found on a tributary of the Mulgrave River, in the Wooroonooran National Park, in Goldsborough Valley of Far North Queensland, Australia. Access to the falls is via a 1.6 km walking track. Camping facilities and the walking track to Kearneys Falls were closed in 2006 due to severe damage by both Tropical Cyclone Larry and Tropical Cyclone Monica.
Curtain Fig Tree
The Curtain Fig Tree is one of the largest trees in Tropical North Queensland, Australia, and one of the best known attractions on the Atherton Tableland. It is located just out of Yungaburra. The Curtain Fig Tree is of the strangler fig species Ficus virens. Normally these figs germinate on top of another tree and try to grow roots into the ground. Once this important step is accomplished, the fig will grow vigorously, finally kill the hosting tree and then grow on independently.
Kairi, Queensland
Kairi is a town on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is close to Lake Tinaroo. It is 1370 km northwest from Brisbane and is 719m above sea level. The closest more populous place is Tinaroo, which is 5.2 km North of Kairi. At the 2006 census, Kairi had a population of 193.
Mount Quincan
Mount Quincan is a volcanic mountain near Yungaburra on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. The extinct volcano is one of many cinder cones in the Atherton Tableland region. Quincan, a type of Scoria, is mined from the south west quadrant of the mountain. Quincan is used in road construction, driveways, weed control and domestic gardening.
Yungaburra Folk Festival
The Yungaburra Folk Festival is a music festival held in the historic village of Yungaburra, in north Queensland, Australia. The festival of 2006 marked the 25th anniversary of the Festival. The first ever "Festival of the Tableland", was held in Herberton on 8 May and 9 May 1981. It then moved to Yungaburra in 1982, where it has been held ever since. Various individuals and groups - including locals, the Cairns Folk Club and the Townsville Folk Club - ran the Festival for the next 11 years.
Shire of Eacham
The Shire of Eacham was a local government area of Queensland. It was located on the Atherton Tableland, a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range west of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Malanda, covered an area of 1,126.4 square kilometres, and existed as a local government entity from 1910 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the Tableland area to become the Tablelands Region.
Shire of Atherton
The Shire of Atherton was a local government area of Queensland. It was located on the Atherton Tableland, a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range west of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Atherton, covered an area of 623.1 square kilometres, and existed as a local government entity from 1881 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils in the Tableland area to become the Tablelands Region.
Jubilee Christian College
Jubilee Christian College is an independent, co-educational, Christian school, located in Atherton, Queensland, Australia. It was founded in 1984.
Lake Euramoo
Lake Euramoo (aka Ngimun & Nuta) is a shallow dumbbell-shaped volcanic crater lake in North Queensland, Australia, formed about 10,000 years ago by two massive explosions from groundwater superheating. The crater lake is known to Yidinji, within their oral history and mythology as Ngimun, and known to neighbouring Ngdjon-jii as Nuta; though formally gazetted on the Queensland government's placenames list as 'Lake Euramoo'(possibly an anglicized version of Ngimun).
Atherton Courthouse
Atherton Courthouse is located at 81 Main Street, Atherton in Queensland, Australia. The courthouse was built in 1941 and features timber panels constructed from rare quilted, Queensland rainforest maple, which is no longer milled in Australia. The courthouse is still in use by the Atherton Magistrates Court.
Mabi forest
Mabi forests (also known as Complex Notophyll Vine Forests 5b) are a type of critically endangered, indigenous Australian ecological community, remnant patches of which can only be found on some of the fertile (nutrient rich) basalt soils of either North Queensland's Atherton Tablelands, or at Shiptons Flat, along the Annan River A Threatened Species Scientific Committee charged with advising on the conservation status of native species and ecological communities recommended the remnant Mabi forests be listed as "critically endangered" for the following reasons: "There is only 1050 ha of Mabi Forest left, and this occurs as a series of small, isolated patches.
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