Queensland

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Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. The state is Australia's second largest by area, following Western Australia, and the country's third most populous after New South Wales and Victoria.

Queensland has many places of natural beauty, including: the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast having some of the state's most popular beaches; the Bunya Mountains and the Great Dividing Range with numerous lookouts, waterfalls and picnic areas; Carnarvon Gorge; Whitsunday Islands and Hinchinbrook Island.

The state contains five World Heritage listed preservation areas: Australian Fossil Mammal Sites at Riversleigh in the Gulf Country, Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, Fraser Island, Great Barrier Reef, and the Wet Tropics of Queensland.

Charts

Australian Hydrographic Service

AU220140 -- Australia/Papua New Guinea - Coral Sea (North West) (1:1500000)

AUS426 -- Australia East Coast - Queensland - Fraser Island to Cumberland Islands (1:1000000)

AUS4643 -- Australia East Coast - Cape Howe to Cape Morton (1:1500000)

Weather

Because of its size, there is significant variation in climate across the state. Low rainfall and hot summers are typical for the inland west, a monsoonal 'wet' season in the far north, and warm temperate conditions along the coastal strip. Inland and in southern ranges low minimum temperatures are experienced. The climate of the coastal strip is influenced by warm ocean waters, keeping the region free from extremes of temperature and providing moisture for rainfall.

Expand on coastal wind.

Sources for weather information

• Bureau of Meteorology Official weather for Queensland
• Cyclone Plotting Map
• CoastWatch weather Nice format and fast loading.

Currents & Tides

Passages

List popular passages/routes, timing, etc.

Communication

Add here VHF channel for coastguard, harbor masters. etc.

See also Australia.

Navigation

See each region

Entrance

See Australia.

Ports, Anchorages, and Islands

Abbot Point Abbot Point /wiki/Abbot_Point |  – needs data | Airlie Beach Airlie Beach /wiki/Airlie_Beach |  – harbour ||  – marina ||  – anchorage | Bowen Bowen /wiki/Bowen |  – harbour ||  – needs data | Brisbane Brisbane /wiki/Brisbane |  – port of entry ||  – marina ||  – anchorage | Bundaberg Bundaberg /wiki/Bundaberg |  – port of entry ||  – needs data | Cairns Cairns /wiki/Cairns |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – marina | Fraser Island Fraser Island /wiki/Fraser_Island |  – island ||  – needs data | Gladstone Gladstone /wiki/Gladstone |  – port of entry ||  – needs data | Gold Coast - Southport Gold Coast - Southport /wiki/Gold_Coast_-_Southport |  – harbour ||  – marina | Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef /wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef |  – island ||  – needs data | Hay Point - Dalrymple BayHay Point - Dalrymple Bay/wiki/Hay_Point |  – port of entry ||  – needs data |	Hervey Bay Hervey Bay /wiki/Hervey_Bay |  – marina ||  – anchorage | Hinchinbrook Island Hinchinbrook Island /wiki/Hinchinbrook_Island |  – island ||  – needs data | Keppel Bay/Rosslyn Bay Keppel Bay/Rosslyn Bay /wiki/Keppel_Bay/Rosslyn_Bay |  – marina ||  – anchorage | Lizard Island Lizard Island /wiki/Lizard_Island |  – island | Lucinda Lucinda /wiki/Lucinda |  – needs data | Mackay Mackay /wiki/Mackay |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – marina | Manly Manly /wiki/Manly |  – harbour ||  – marina | Magnetic Island Magnetic Island /wiki/Magnetic_Island |  – island ||  – marina | Mooloolaba Mooloolaba /wiki/Mooloolaba |  – marina ||  – anchorage | Mourilyan Harbour Mourilyan Harbour /wiki/Mourilyan_Harbour |  – harbour ||  – anchorage | Port Alma Port Alma /wiki/Port_Alma |  – harbour ||  – needs data |	Port Douglas Port Douglas /wiki/Port_Douglas |  – harbour ||  – marina ||  – anchorage | Rockhampton Rockhampton /wiki/Rockhampton |  – harbour ||  – needs data | ScarboroughScarborough/wiki/Scarborough,_Queensland |  – harbour ||  – marina | SouthportSouthport/wiki/Gold_Coast_-_Southport |  – harbour ||  – marina | Shute Harbour Shute Harbour /wiki/Shute_Harbour |  – harbour ||  – needs data | Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast /wiki/Sunshine_Coast |  – harbour ||  – needs data | Thursday Island Thursday Island /wiki/Thursday_Island |  – island ||  – port of entry ||  – anchorage | Tin Can Bay Tin Can Bay /wiki/Tin_Can_Bay |  – marina ||  – anchorage | Townsville Townsville /wiki/Townsville |  – port of entry ||  – marina | Weipa Weipa /wiki/Weipa |  – port of entry ||  – needs data | Whitsundays Whitsundays /wiki/Whitsundays |  – island |

Note: Australian Customs will not process private yachts at Abbot Point, Hay Point, Lucinda, Mourilyan Harbour or Port Alma.

Transportation

International flights are available from Brisbane and Cairns.

Friends

Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.

Forums

List links to discussion threads on partnering forums. (see link for requirements)

Links

• Queensland at the Wikipedia
• Queensland at the Wikivoyage

References

• Alan Lucas, Cruising The Coral Coast - A Guide To Australia's Great Barrier Reef For The Boatman or Anyone With The Spirit Of Adventure, lan Lucas Cruising Guides (1998) , ISBN 978-0909319007

  Alan Lucas's books are huge and contain a wealth of information. You can't hope to reproduce what's contained in these books in a wiki such as this without a huge amount of duplication, not to mention the time and effort to keep these updated! Alan Lucas makes updates for his books available on his website

• David Colfelt, 100 magic miles of the Great Barrier Reef : the Whitsunday Islands, Windward Publications; 6th edition (June 1, 2000), ISBN 978-0958698917

  The absolute must-have bible for cruising the Whitsunday Islands area of the Queensland coast. This is undoubtedly Australia's most popular cruising ground, and the book covers everything from harbours, anchorages, marine protection and national park zones, locations of courtesy moorings, dive and fishing spots, etc. Also available from Boat Books

• Noel Patrick's Curtis Coast covers the are from Bundaberg to Mackay in great detail. For shoal draft cruisers intent on detailed exploration it is invaluable and has high quality charts with excellent supporting information.

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