Queensland

The distance between Newcastle, NSW, and Noosa, QLD, is approximately 950 kilometers when traveling by road. This distance may vary slightly depending on the specific route taken. It is important to consider factors such as traffic, road conditions, and any detours that may affect the actual distance traveled between the two locations.

Fraser Island is located at approximately 25.2550° S latitude and 153.1400° E longitude in Queensland, Australia.

The most devastated areas included Brisbane and Ipswich; Rockhampton, which was completely swamped for many, many weeks; the Lockyer Valley, including the towns of Helidon, Grantham, Murphy's Creek, Gatton and Laidley; areas of the Darling Downs such as Dalby, Chinchilla, Condamine and St George and the southern Downs, including Warwick and Goondiwindi; parts of central Queensland such as Theodore, Taroom, Emerald and Bundaberg; and Toowoomba, up on the range, had a devastating flah flood race through it.

It's a matter of where the Brisbane River flows.

The Brisbane floods were largely a result of the massive amounts of water that had to be released from Wivenhoe Dam into the Brisbane River. The Brisbane River does not flow anywhere near the Gold Coast, but empties into the sea at Moreton Bay.

There have been no cyclones reported in Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia. Brisbane can be affected by cyclones which occur further north, but no cyclone has ever directly hit Brisbane.

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is positioned on a flood prone area of Fig Tree Pocket, one of the worst affected suburbs. Fortunately, the sanctuary has some high points, so many areas of Lone Pine survived the flood.

Whilst there was initially no news available about Lone Pine, its website (see related link) was operating again from 16 January, and photographs indicated there had been some flood damage. In the end, about 120 koalas had to be moved to higher ground, along with many other native animals. Apparently, not a single animal was lost, but there was extensive damage to the animal enclosures.

Toowoomba's flood was most unusual, as the city sits at the top of the Great Dividing Range, at an elevation of 700m.

On Monday 10 January 2011, within a 40 minute period, 150 mm of rain bucketed down on the city. This was on top of rain falling for several days beforehand, making the ground waterlogged. In fact, the ground was already sodden after weeks of heavy rain, the result of a La Nina weather pattern, which brought more rain than usual to Toowoomba in the preceding months. The rainfall recorded in September 2010 made it Australia's wettest month in 110 years.

The ground could not hold any more water, and the water began to accumulate at the quarry at the top of the range. Rocks and soil on the escarpment began to give way, and the water rushed in a torrent down the range, a 7m high inland "tsunami" that hit the valley below.

In addition, there was another torrent that rushed through the city itself, swamping the CBD completely and carrying cars away in its force. There are two main valleys running through Toowoomba, and these were overflowing as stormwater drains and creeks couldn't cope with the sudden torrent of rain. This water overflowed with the torrents from East Creek and West Creek, meeting at Gowrie Creek, creating the flooding in Toowoomba.

Yes, Browns Plains was affected by the floods in Brisbane in 1974. The area experienced significant flooding with many homes and businesses affected. The floods in 1974 were one of the worst in Brisbane's history.

• Great Dividing Range
• Great Barrier Reef
• Carnarvon Gorge
• Fraser island (the world's largest sand dune island)
• Undara Lava Tubes
• Channel country of western Queensland, including Cooper Creek and Diamantina River

Yes, Frazer island is of the coast of Queensland about a 3 1?2 hour drive from Brisbane.

Some natural disasters that ocur often in rainforests are droughts, floods, and mudslides.

The droughts are caused by the extreme temperatures in the dry season when the sun is directly posistioned upon the equator where many rainforests are.

The floods occur mainly in the wet season when the highest average annual rainfall tends to just seem to never end.

The mudslides are caused when the floods push down soil, shrubs and other ground sediments and plants and cause a moderate to large spill out of a part of the land.

The wet season through northern Queensland occurs during the summer months. Wetter conditions begin around October and November, whilst February and March are traditionally the wettest months, trailing off in April.

Moss growth in North Queensland can be challenging due to the hot and humid climate, which may not be ideal for moss to thrive. Additionally, competition from other plants for resources and potential disturbances like heavy rainfall and strong sunlight can further hinder moss growth in this region. However, certain species of moss that are adapted to these conditions may still be able to grow in North Queensland.

If it is 10am in the UK, in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, it would be 8pm on the same day. Cairns is 10 hours ahead of the UK.

Yes, Queensland grocery supermarkets and other shops still use plastic bags (July 2009).

Lantana is a noxious introduced plant species found anywhere from sub-tropical rainforests to temperate bushland all along Australia's eastern coast and the hinterland regions. Lantana, or shrub verbenas, are perennial flowering plants native to tropical areas of Africa and the Americas. Some species are invasive and weedlike, due to poisonous foliage and the spread of fruit-borne seeds by birds.

The faunal emblem of Queensland is the koala.

The west coast town almost the same latitude as Brisbane is Perth, in Western Australia. Both cities are located around 27 to 28 degrees south latitude.

According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (refer to the link, below), "[Queensland] has an area of 668,207 sq mi (1,730,648 sq km)."

If I were in the Great Barrier Reef, I would be wearing a swimsuit, rash guard to protect against the sun, reef-safe sunscreen, and dive or snorkeling gear if I plan to explore underwater. It's important to be comfortable in the water while also protecting yourself from the sun and potential hazards.

The Great Barrier Reef follows 2000km of Queensland's coastline.

The time in Brisbane is always UTC + 10 hours.

The area of Queensland, Australia is approximately 1,853,000 square kilometers, while the total area of the British Isles is around 315,000 square kilometers. Therefore, the British Isles would fit into Queensland, Australia about 5.89 times.

It has not snowed in Brisbane in modern times. At most, in extreme weather, it may occasionally snow in the "Granite Belt", the region of the southern Darling Downs on the border of Queensland and New South wales, near Stanthorpe.

The last recorded snowfall in Brisbane was on 21 September 1958, but these were very light snowflakes, with a very light snow shower. Prior to this, the only recorded snowfalls were on 27 June 1927 and 27 July 1882.