Telegraph Walking Track - QLD

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Position

DEG: -27.111854 153.390525
DMS: 27º 06' 42.68" S 153º 23' 25.87" E
UTM: 56 J 7001116mN 538708mE
Altitude: 151.22m

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Address & Contact

Telegraph Track
Moreton Island QLD 4025
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: https://parks.desi.qld.gov.au/parks/gheebulum-kunungai-moreton-island/journeys/telegraph-road-track

Information

16km return walking track. Start and finish point are the same. Allow 6hrs walking time. Difficulty - hard.A sandy hike through fragrant eucalypt forest and coastal heathland, showcasing flowers along the track in springtime. Keep a look out for the forested swamp on top of the dune ridge, where striped marshfrogs and wallum sedgefrogs emerge at nightfall.As you walk, see if you can spot a series of telegraph posts, relics of the old telegraph line built in the 1890s to service the Cape Moreton Lighthouse. Abandoned in 1952, relics can still be found along BulwerNorth Point Road and Telegraph Road.
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Closest Weather Station

Cape Moreton at 18/06:00pm EST
Distance from Telegraph Walking Track 11.66km NE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
23.0°C14.3°C90%21.3°C1007.5hPa0.2mmSSE69km/hr
37knots
93km/hr
50knots

Closest Climatic Station

Cape Moreton Lighthouse
Distance from Telegraph Walking Track 11.66km NE
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C26.926.826.024.221.719.618.919.721.423.024.726.0
Mean Min. °C21.922.021.219.116.414.113.213.915.917.819.521.0
Mean Rain mm149.5156.3177.6146.4169.4136.3114.676.565.179.694.1126.3

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