Calliope, Queensland

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Calliope, Queensland

Calliope is a town located in Central Queensland

Central Queensland

Central Queensland is an ambiguous geography division of Queensland that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton, Queensland and the Capricorn Coast and the area extends west to the Central Highlands at Emerald, Queensland, north to Mackay, Queensland, and south to Gladstone, Que...
, Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It is located near the junction of the Bruce Highway

Bruce Highway

The Bruce Highway is the major coastal highway of Queensland, Australia. Running from the state capital, Brisbane, to Cairns, Queensland in Far North Queensland, the route is a part of the Australian National Highway ....
and the Dawson Highway

Dawson Highway

The Dawson Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for approximately 400km between Gladstone, Queensland and Springsure, Queensland where it terminates....
, 20 kilometres SSW of the port city of Gladstone

Gladstone, Queensland

Gladstone is an Australian city located some 550 kilometres by road north of Brisbane and 100 kilometres south-east of Rockhampton. The city is situated between the Calliope River to the north and the Boyne River some 14 kilometres to the south....
. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years. The most recent census was conducted on 8 August 2006....
, Calliope had a population of 1,550.

The town is reputedly named after the ship Calliope, which brought the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy to Port Curtis in 1854. Industries of the town and surrounds since that time have included gold mining, beef, timber, and more recently, tourism.

Local attractions include the Port Curtis Historical Village, situated on the banks of the Calliope River

Calliope River

The Calliope River is located in Central Queensland, Australia. The river rises in the Calliope Range inland from the industrial port city of Gladstone, Queensland, flows past the town of Calliope, Queensland, before emptying into the Pacific Ocean just north of Gladstone....
, as well as the Boyne River.

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Calliope is a town located in Central Queensland

Central Queensland

Australia

Bruce Highway

Dawson Highway

Gladstone, Queensland

Census in Australia

Calliope River

Boyne River (Queensland)

Boyne River is a river in Queensland, Australia. It flows between the twin towns of Boyne Island and Tannum Sands. The river was named by John Oxley as it reminded him of the River Boyne in Ireland....
, has resulted in the creation of a man-made lake. Lake Awoonga

Lake Awoonga

Lake Awoonga was formed in the Boyne River by the dam located 30km from Gladstone, Queensland, in Central Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 30 minutes drive from Gladstone, via Benaraby, Queensland....
supplies water to the city of Gladstone, and Calliope and other townships in the region, as well as supplying the major industries for which the Gladstone region is known.

Total capacity of Lake Awoonga is 777,000 megalitres. The catchment area contributing to the Lake is 2,240 square kilometres and is surrounded by the Boyne, Dawes and Many Peaks Ranges.

Feathered, furry or scaled, Lake Awoonga is home to a thriving array of native animals, several of which are of conservation significance. Two fauna species are listed as vulnerable: the Yellow-bellied Glider

Yellow-bellied Glider

The Yellow-bellied Glider , also known as the Fluffy Glider, is about the size of a rabbit, and has a grey-brown back and is off-white to Orange underneath, with large pointed ears and a long tail....
and the Grey-headed Flying Fox

Grey-headed Flying Fox

The grey-headed flying fox, Pteropus poliocephalus, is a Megabat native to Australia.Members of the genus Pteropus include the largest bats in the world....
. For the bird-watching enthusiast, Lake Awoonga is a paradise with more than 215 species or over 27% of Australia's bird species found in the region. The Southern Squatter Pigeon is listed as vulnerable and of conservation significance, and twenty-two species are listed on International Migratory Conservation Agreement lists. Lake Awoonga is arguably one of the most important near-coast bird refuges on the East Coast of Australia.

The Gladstone Area Water Board operates a fish hatchery which breeds barramundi

Barramundi

The Barramundi is a species of fish migration fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. The native species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region from the Persian Gulf, through Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia....
and mangrove jack for release into Lake Awoonga. Barramundi over 20 kg are regularly caught, and the heaviest caught by August 2008 weighed in at a hefty 36.5 kg. In addition, the mangrove jack breeding program has resulted in Lake Awoonga holding the largest stocks in Australia with over 13,000 released. Since 1996 over two and a half million barramundi fingerlings and 340,000 mullet fingerlings have been released into Lake Awoonga.

Until very recently Calliope was the council headquarters of the Calliope Shire which included Boyne Island, Tannum Sands, Ambrose, Mt Larcom to name a few towns.

Calliope, Queensland

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