Firewood Creek
Firewood Creek is a stream in Queensland, Australia. Firewood Creek is situated nearby to the suburb Portsmith, as well as near the locality Glen Boughton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMAS Cairns and Cairns Control Room.
HMAS Cairns
Military installation
Photo: Fosnez, Public domain.
HMAS Cairns is a Royal Australian Navy base located adjacent to the Trinity Inlet on the shore of Trinity Bay in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Although used regularly as a port-of-call since before World War II, a permanent RAN presence was not established until 1971, when a maintenance and support base for patrol boats was set up.
Cairns Control Room
Building
Cairns Control Room is a heritage-listed military building at Grafton Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1942 by the Queensland Department of Public Works. Cairns Control Room is situated 4 km northwest of Firewood Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsmith and Cairns City.
Portsmith
Suburb
Portsmith is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Portsmith had a population of 314 people.
Cairns City
Suburb
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Cairns City is a coastal suburb at the centre of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as the Cairns Central Business District. In the 2021 census, Cairns City had a population of 3,616 people. Cairns City is situated 3½ km northwest of Firewood Creek.
Cairns
Photo: Jc8136, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cairns is touted as the "gateway to the Great Barrier Reef" and other destinations such as Kuranda and the Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland.
Firewood Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-16.95° or 16° 57′ southLongitude
145.78889° or 145° 47′ 20″ eastElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
5RM72QXQ+XHGeoNames ID
2207375
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