Cairns City Substation

Cairns City Substation is an electrical substation in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland. Cairns City Substation is situated nearby to the government office William McCormack Building, as well as near the courthouse Cairns Magistrates Court.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMAS Cairns and Cairns Hospital.

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. HMAS Cairns is situated 1 km south of Cairns City Substation.

Cairns Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Mondberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cairns Hospital, known as the Cairns Base Hospital between 1932 and 2013, is the largest major hospital in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located at 165 The Esplanade, Cairns North, Cairns. Cairns Hospital is situated 2 km northwest of Cairns City Substation.

Cairns Control Room

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

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 1 km northwest of Cairns City Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cairns City and Parramatta Park.

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.

Parramatta Park

Suburb

Parramatta Park is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Parramatta Park had a population of 3,621 people.

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 Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Categories: building and industry
Location: Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-16.92665° or 16° 55′ 36″ south

Longitude

145.77675° or 145° 46′ 36″ east

Operator

Ergon Energy

Open location code

5RM73QFG+8P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 308211031

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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