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Perseverance in the region of Queensland is a town in Australia - some 575 mi or ( 925 km ) North of Canberra , the country's capital city .
Current time in Perseverance is now 12:17 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Brisbane " with a UTC offset of 10 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Taylor, Spring Bluff, Pechey, Murphys Creek, and Lockyer. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Taylor . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Perseverance ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
Murphy's Creek Flood - Inland Tsunami @ Tiddalac 2011 (Between Toowoomba & Grantham) by Jake
Video and Photos of the wall of water that devastated areas in South East Queensland. ..
HTC Desire Review and how to win an Xperia X10
MobiCity review and competition ..
Dangerous Mountain Road
The Queensland floods of early 2011 have scarred the landscape. This video was taken on the Esk - Hampton Road, about 2 1/2 hours drive west of Brisbane. ..
paradise bus ride 2 of 4
come home with me on the bus as i give a bus ride tour of my home town, the gold coast. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
County of Cavendish
The County of Cavendish is a county in Queensland, Australia. Like all counties in Queensland, it is a non-functional administrative unit, that is used mainly for the purpose of registering land titles. The county includes the northern part of the Toowoomba Region and the western part of the Somerset Region. The county was officially named and bounded by the Governor in Council on 7 March 1901 under the Land Act 1897.
Located at -27.42 152.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Hampton, Queensland
Hampton is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia 147 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane At the 2006 census, Hampton and the surrounding area had a population of 477. Situated at the top of an escarpment on the Great Dividing Range, Hampton is one of the small hamlets located along the New England Highway between Toowoomba, (29 kilometres away) and Crows Nest (12 kilometres).
Located at -27.35 152.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Ravensbourne National Park
This article is about Ravensbourne National Park, Australia. For other places named Ravensbourne, see Ravensbourne. Ravensbourne National Park IUCN category II Coordinates coord}}{{#coordinates:27|21|24|S|152|12|06|E|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD primary name= }} Area precision_format| 1.6988494975868 | 2}} sq mi) Established 1922 Managing authorities Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Official site url|1=http://www. nprsr. qld. gov. au/parks/ravensbourne/index.
Located at -27.36 152.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Perseverance Dam
Perseverance Dam is the second largest, (in terms of storage capacity) and the second oldest dam of Toowoomba city's three water supply dams. The other two storages used for Toowoomba are Cooby Dam and Cressbrook Dam which is located located downstream of Perseverance. Construction of this dam commenced in 1962 and was completed in 1965. Perseverance dam is located approximately 35 km Northeast of Toowoomba on Perseverance Creek, which is a tributary of Cressbrook Creek.
Located at -27.29 152.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Cressbrook Dam
Cressbrook Dam is one of the three water storages used to supply Toowoomba and the surrounding region. The dam was constructed in 1983 for the former Toowoomba City Council, now part of Toowoomba Regional Council. The other two storages used for Toowoomba are Perseverance Dam and Cooby Dam. Cressbrook Dam has a surface area of 517 hectares with a total capacity of 81,842 mega-litres when full (78,847 ML usable) at an average depth of 15.8 meters.
Located at -27.26 152.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
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