Coast Guard

Coast Guard is a building in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland. Coast Guard is situated nearby to the pier Wharf 7-8, as well as near the public building Cairns Convention Centre.

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 710 metres south of Coast Guard.

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 2½ km northwest of Coast Guard.

Cairns Control Room

Building

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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 1½ km northwest of Coast Guard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cairns City and Parramatta Park.

Cairns City

Suburb

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Cairns City, also called Cairns CBD, is a coastal suburb comprising the central business district of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. 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.

Coast Guard

Type: Building
Location: Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-16.92972° or 16° 55′ 47″ south

Longitude

145.77909° or 145° 46′ 45″ east

Open location code

5RM73QCH+4J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 704097804

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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