Fountain Springs Rest Area QLD @ ExplorOz

Temperature

Feels Like

Rel. Humidity

Dew Point

Pressure

Rainfall

Wind Direction

Wind Speed

Gusts

29.6°C

22.4°C

10%

-5.4°C

1017.2hPa

0.0mm

SSE

24km/h
13knots

33km/h
18knots

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Mean Max. °C

36.4

35.3

34.3

31.8

27.8

24.9

24.7

27.2

31.1

34.6

36.4

37.1

Mean Min. °C

23.8

23.5

21.8

18.6

14.0

10.1

8.6

10.3

14.3

18.5

21.4

23.0

Mean Rain mm

110.6

99.4

65.6

16.5

12.9

6.4

4.1

6.9

20.5

34.2

70.7

Mary Kathleen Swimming Pool [3.15km]
Point of Interest

The swimming pool at Mary Kathleen is one of the amenities built by Mary Kathleen Uranium for its employees. Mary Kathleen - the Town Mary Kathleen Ghost town which was once an important mining centre. This famous mining town has been reduced to a bitumen road leading into the bush about 55 km from Mt Isa and 62 km from Cloncurry.

Mary Kathleen [3.35km]

Place Name
Mary Kathleen Ghost town which was once an important mining centre. This famous mining town has been reduced to a bitumen road leading into the bush about 55 km from Mt Isa and 62 km from Cloncurry. The site is not marked but is on the northern side of the road. All that is left of the once thriving town is a series of old streets.

Mary Kathleen Swimming Pool [3.15km]

Mary Kathleen [3.35km]

Natmap Raster 2005

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Natmap Raster 2005: Premium - DVD

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Great Desert Tracks of Australia NE

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Gulf Country

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Queenslands Outback

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Natmap Raster 2005	Gulf Country
Natmap Raster 2005: Premium - DVD	North Queensland
Natmap Digital Maps 2008	Central Australia
Great Desert Tracks of Australia NE	Queenslands Outback

This is a very popular overnight Rest Area on the Barkly Hwy during the tourist season, It is 60.2klm from the Mount Isa KMart, and 60.8klm from the Cloncurry Shell Service Station.
It is only 250m from this Rest Area toward Cloncurry to the turn off to the Fountain Springs Falls.
And 3.6klm West to the Mary Kathleen Townsite.