Rocky Bay

Rocky Bay is a beach in Queensland, Australia. Rocky Bay is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Hawkings Point Lookout, as well as near the disaster remains PS George Rennie.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include SS City of Adelaide and Alma Bay.

SS City of Adelaide

Disaster remains

Photo: Twistie.man, CC BY-SA 3.0.

City of Adelaide was an iron-hulled ship that was launched in Scotland in 1863, spent a long career in Australian passenger and cargo service, and sank off the coast of Queensland in 1916. SS City of Adelaide is situated 2 km west of Rocky Bay.

Alma Bay

Beach

Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Alma Bay is an island town within the locality of Arcadia on Magnetic Island in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Alma Bay is situated 4 km northeast of Rocky Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pallarenda and Rowes Bay.

Pallarenda

Suburb

Pallarenda is a northern coastal suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Pallarenda had a population of 778 people. Pallarenda is situated 8 km west of Rocky Bay.

Rowes Bay

Suburb

Photo: ROxBo, Public domain.

Rowes Bay is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Rowes Bay had a population of 541 people. Rowes Bay is situated 9 km southwest of Rocky Bay.

Townsville

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Townsville is a laid-back coastal city of over 173,724 people in North Central Queensland. Townsville is on the coast and enjoys an average of 320 days of sunshine a year.

Rocky Bay

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-19.1756° or 19° 10′ 32″ south

Longitude

146.84539° or 146° 50′ 43″ east

Open location code

5RG8RRFW+Q5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 480834635

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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