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Thornton Destination Guide

Touring Thornton in Australia

Thornton in the region of Queensland with its 420 citizens is located in Australia - some 550 mi or ( 886 km ) North of Canberra , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Thornton

Time in Thornton is now 05:30 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Brisbane " with a UTC offset of 10 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Upper Tent Hill, Rosevale, Ropeley, Paree, and Mulgowie. Being here already, consider visiting Upper Tent Hill . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Thornton ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Peppers Hidden Vale Lodge

5:36 min by hiddenvalelodge
Views: 2262 Rating: 0.00

Discover Hidden Vale Lodge, your luxury country retreat in South East Queensland ..

Hidden Vale MTB - Beware of snakebites and camels! (Australia)

1:47 min by Frederik Mørkeberg Mikkelsen
Views: 233 Rating: 5.00

(Part of the "Frederik in Australia series") This video shows what you can be able to meet on a trip to the good trails of Hidden Vale close to the city Rosewood, Australia. Sorry for the big tumbling ..


SBS TV Destination Flavour

4:09 min by Peter Agnew
Views: 89 Rating: 5.00

SBS TV ran a series of programmes showcasing selected food and wine producers from around Australia. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

County of Churchill, Queensland

The County of Churchill 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 lies between 152°E and 153°E longitude, and is centred on the West Moreton region, extending east to the suburbs of Ipswich.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -27.83 152.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Counties of Queensland

Main Range National Park

Main Range is a mountain range and a national park in Queensland, 85 km southwest of Brisbane. It is part of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves). It protects the western part of a semicircle of mountains in South East Queensland known as the Scenic Rim. This includes the largest area of rainforest in South East Queensland.

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Located at -27.82 152.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Darling Downs, Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Important Bird Areas of Queensland, Mountain ranges of Queensland, National parks of Queensland, Protected areas established in 1965, South East Queensland

Victoria Tunnel, Queensland

The Victoria Tunnel in Queensland is the oldest and longest railway tunnel in the state, built when the state was a separate colony. The tunnel is one of two built through the Little Liverpool Range on a section of narrow gauge railway from Grandchester to Gatton. The railway opened in June 1866. The tunnel has restricted clearances, which limits the size of rolling stock on the Queensland Railways network. It is 537 m long.

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Located at -27.66 152.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Rail transport in Queensland, Railway tunnels in Australia, Tunnels completed in 1866, Tunnels in Queensland

Grandchester, Queensland

Grandchester is a town in the Lockyer Valley region in South East Queensland, Australia. It is located 76 km west of the Brisbane CBD and is situated on the border of the Ipswich and Laidley local government areas. The name comes from Grantchester, a village outside of Cambridge in England. At the 2006 census, Grandchester had a population of 735.

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Located at -27.67 152.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Ipswich, Queensland, Towns in Queensland

Laidley, Queensland

Laidley is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. The township had a population of 2,858 in 2006 and lies 83 km west of Brisbane, the state capital. The local industry has been dominated by agriculture since the end of the 19th century. Laidley has long regarded itself as "Queensland's Country Garden". Fruit and vegetable production features prominently, with the majority of beetroot grown in Australia coming from the Laidley district.

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Located at -27.63 152.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: South East Queensland, Towns in Queensland