Hervey Range

This article is about the mountain range in Queensland, Australia. For the mountain range in New South Wales, see Herveys Range.
Herveys
Highest point
Peak Mount Cataract
Elevation 709 m (2,326 ft)
Coordinates 19°17′11″S 146°30′35″E / 19.28639°S 146.50972°E
Geography
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region North Queensland
Range coordinates 19°20′S 146°27′E / 19.33°S 146.45°ECoordinates: 19°20′S 146°27′E / 19.33°S 146.45°E

The Hervey Range is a large mountain range about 39 kilometres (24 mi) north of Townsville, in Queensland, Australia. It is one of the highest peaks in the Townsville region and is also the location of the Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms. The highest point of the range is Mount Cataract, which is 709 metres (2,326 ft) high.

Thorntons Gap is a historic feature on the range, where a walking track that provided access to goldfields crossed the range.

Apart from the tea house, there are few houses, no estates and no shops around the Hervey Range because it is mostly preserved wetlands. There are other attractions on the range, such as the former Greenvale Rail Trail, which runs up the range and into a tunnel in the mountain.

A rail line was opened from Cobarra, north of Townsville, to the nickel mine at Greenvale in 1974, and closed in 1993 with the closure of the mine. The line passed under the Hervey Range through a series of tunnels. The tracks were removed and re-used on coal rail lines in Central Queensland.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ Tony Raggatt (15 December 2007). "Line opening derailed". Townsville Bulletin (The North Queensland Newspaper Company). Retrieved 27 April 2012.