Discover Queenstown in Australia
Queenstown in the region of Tasmania with its 2,352 habitants is a place located in Australia - some 507 mi or ( 817 km ) South of Canberra , the country's capital .
Local time in Queenstown is now 12:51 AM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Hobart " with a UTC offset of 11 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: and Hobart. When in this area, you might want to check out Hobart . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Queenstown ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Dangerous mountain pass in Tasmania
This video was taken while driving out of Queenstown on the Lyell Highway in Tasmania. At the end of the video you can see an amazing waterfall which is well over 100 metres tall. ..
WILD WEST QUEENSTOWN!!
Making our way back from the remote West Coast of Tasmania, we pulled in to the last outpost on the moon; the copper mining town of Queenstown. Copyright CoffeeKvetch 2012, All Rights Reserved. ..
Steam Train...LOTS OF STEAM!!!
The Mt Lyell No 5 Locomotive has some shunting to do before its daily chore of running tourists to Strahan. ..
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Steam train in Queenstown -Tasmania ..
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Interesting facts about this location
7XS
7XS is a radio station based in Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia, broadcasting on the FM radio band on a frequency of 92.1 MHz, to the west-coast of Tasmania. It was opened on 29 May 1937 as with the callsign 7QT. It was changed to 7XS in ??
Located at -42.08 145.56 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Queenstown, Tasmania
Queenstown is a town in the West Coast region of the island of Tasmania. It is in a valley on the western slopes of Mount Owen on the West Coast Range. It had a population of 2,119 people as of 2009. At the 2006 census, Queenstown had a population of 2,517.
Located at -42.07 145.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Philosophers Ridge
Philosophers Ridge is the long spur that connects Mount Lyell and Mount Owen in the West Coast Range of Western Tasmania. On it the significant sites of the Mount Lyell copper field occurred. The original Iron Blow was on its slopes. was discovered on the ridge by Karlson and McDonough The North Lyell Mine, scene of the 1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster was at its northern most end, on the slopes of Mount Lyell.
Located at -42.06 145.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Iron Blow
Iron Blow was the site of the earliest major mining venture at Mount Lyell on the west coast of Tasmania in 1883. It was above the location where Steve Karlson, Michael McDonough, and William McDonough were camped in the area on a ridge between mountains of the West Coast Range.
Located at -42.07 145.59 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
West Coast Range
The West Coast Range of Tasmania is a group of mountains in the West Coast area of Tasmania in Australia that lies to the west of the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park The range has had a significant number of mines utilising the geologically rich zone of Mount Read Volcanics.
Located at -42.08 145.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
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