Castle Hill Old Quarry

Castle Hill Old Quarry is a quarry in Townsville, Queensland. Castle Hill Old Quarry is situated nearby to West End Cemetery, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Jenkinson’s Post.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castle Hill and West End Cemetery.

Castle Hill

Peak

Photo: Hanek45, Public domain.

Castle Hill is a heritage-listed isolated pink granite monolith in the suburb of Castle Hill, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Its Indigenous name is Cootharinga, sometimes written as Cooderinga.

West End Cemetery

Cemetery

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West End Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at Francis Street, West End, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1865 to 1930s. West End Cemetery is situated 490 metres southeast of Castle Hill Old Quarry.

Townsville Showground

Recreation area

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Townsville Showground is a heritage-listed showground at 72–104 Ingham Road, West End, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 16 October 2008. Townsville Showground is situated 1 km southwest of Castle Hill Old Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Hill and Townsville City.

Castle Hill

Suburb

Castle Hill is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The suburb is based on and around the mountain of the same name.

Townsville City

Suburb

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Townsville City is a coastal suburb at the centre of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Townsville City had a population of 2,945 people.

Townsville

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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.

Castle Hill Old Quarry

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-19.26198° or 19° 15′ 43″ south

Longitude

146.79962° or 146° 47′ 59″ east

Open location code

5RG8PQQX+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 583271428

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Highlights include Jenkinson’s Post and Storyboard Lookout.

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