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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 .

Interactive map of Queenstown

Local time in Queenstown is now 11:21 AM (Tuesday) . 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.


Videos

Dangerous mountain pass in Tasmania

0:28 min by rainey06au
Views: 13055 Rating: 3.40

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!!

2:11 min by CoffeeKvetch
Views: 372 Rating: 4.00

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!!!

1:16 min by jdisnow
Views: 288 Rating: 0.00

The Mt Lyell No 5 Locomotive has some shunting to do before its daily chore of running tourists to Strahan. ..

Produce.wmv

1:06 min by andrewmfarrow
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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 ??

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -42.08 145.56 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Radio stations established in 1937, Radio stations in Tasmania, Western Tasmania

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -42.07 145.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Mining towns in Tasmania, Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, Queenstown, Tasmania, Towns in Tasmania, West Coast Range (Tasmania), Western Tasmania

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -42.06 145.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: West Coast Range (Tasmania)

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -42.07 145.59 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, West Coast Range (Tasmania), Western Tasmania

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.

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Located at -42.08 145.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: History of Tasmania, Huon Pine, Mountain ranges of Tasmania, West Coast Range (Tasmania), Western Tasmania

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Queenstown