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Dinosaur at Hughenden
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Hughenden - QLD 

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Service Station,Roadhouse Caravan Park Airstrip Toilet Pub Food,Shopping Police Station Resort,Motel
PlaceID32132
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Latitude20.84399º S 20º 50' 38.37" S
Longitude144.2003º E 144º 12' 1.25" E
Altitude0
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 Description of Hughenden
Hughenden is the business and commercial centre of the Flinders Shire. Other townships within the Shire are Prairie, Torrens Creek and Stamford. Hughenden is situated on the banks of Queensland longest river, the Flinders and is located on the Overlander's Way (Flinders Highway).
Hughenden has direct road access to a number of major centres and tourist attractions within the region.
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A major highway links Hughenden to Townsville (376km) and Mount Isa (519km) with a southern sealed road access via the Dinosaur Way to Winton and Longreach. For those wanting to travel north there is a good gravel and sealed road to the Atherton Tablelands and Cairns.
'The Hughenden area 100 million years ago, was on the edge of a shallow inland sea that extended from what is now the Gulf of Carpentaria through to South Australia. Australia was joined to Antarctica, but there were no polar ice caps at this time and the world climate was quite warm. Large marine reptiles called Icthyosaurus and Plesiosaurs swam in the inland sea while on land dinosaurs such as Muttaburrasaurus and the long necked Austrosaurus browsed on the vegetation amongst conifers, cycads and ferns.
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Great Western Hotel
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Most of the remains of Muttaburrasaurus came from two individuals. The first was found in 1962 near Muttaburra where it derives its name and the other in 1987 near Hughenden. Their bones were preserved because the carcases had been washed into the sea and became buried in the mud which protected them from destruction.'


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 Weather & Climate for Hughenden

Closest Weather Station

Hughenden at 16:00 16 Oct th rowspan="3">Date/Time
Distance from Hughenden 4.39km NE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
35.1°C 30.5°C 14% 3.6°C 1009.8hPa 0.0mm SSE 17km/h
9knots		 30km/h
16knots

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Richmond Post Office
Distance from Hughenden 110.64km W
 JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C 36.935.734.932.7 29.026.125.928.5 32.235.837.538.1
Mean Min. °C 23.022.520.717.1 13.09.88.610.0 13.818.020.822.4
Mean Rain mm 120.2103.761.122.5 15.515.89.54.3 6.416.529.870.0

 Places within 5km of Hughenden
Allan Terry Caravan Park [1.1km]  RatingRatingRatingRating
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2 Resolution Street, Hughenden. Located 2km south of the post office. Telephone number: (07) 4741 1190
Hughenden Station [2.8km]  
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Hughenden Airstrip [4.32km]  
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 Recommended Reading for Hughenden
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SF5501 Hughenden SF5501 Hughenden
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