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Local government area in Queensland, Australia

Rockhampton Region

The Rockhampton Region is a local government area (LGA) in Central Queensland, Australia, located on the Tropic of Capricorn about 600 kilometres (370 mi) north of Brisbane.

Rockhampton Region
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The place

The Rockhampton Region is a local government area (LGA) in Central Queensland, Australia, located on the Tropic of Capricorn about 600 kilometres (370 mi) north of Brisbane. Rockhampton is the region's major city; the region also includes the Fitzroy River, Mount Archer National Park and Berserker Range.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Rockhampton Region

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    St Josephs Cathedral, Rockhampton

    St Josephs Cathedral is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic cathedral at 170 William Street, Allenstown, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1893 to 1982.

    1.4 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, main church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Rockhampton Botanic Gardens

    Rockhampton Botanic Gardens is a heritage-listed botanic garden at 100 Spencer Street, The Range, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1873 to 1930s.

    3.5 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Paul's Cathedral, Rockhampton

    St Paul's Anglican Cathedral is an Australian heritage-listed cathedral at 89 William Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland. It was designed principally by Annersley Voysey and built from 1883 to 1953.

    700 m · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    North Rockhampton Cemetery

    The North Rockhampton Cemetery is a cemetery in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, which was established in 1879. It is situated approximately 11 hectares of land beside the Bruce Highway at the junction of Yaamba Road and Moores Creek Road in Norman Gardens.

    3.1 km · cemetery in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Berserker Street State School

    Berserker Street State School is a heritage-listed state school at 128–140 Berserker Street, Berserker, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Department of Public Works, Robert and John Ferguson and built from 1880 to 1926.

    2.1 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    C J Edwards Chambers

    C J Edwards Chambers is a heritage-listed riparian office building at 174 Quay Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Edwin Morton Hockings and built in 1914.

    300 m · Heritage listed building in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Archer Chambers

    Archer Chambers is a heritage-listed former house and now office building at 206 Quay Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1870s.

    500 m · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Australian Estates Building

    Australian Estates Building is a heritage-listed commercial building at 182 Quay Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1861 to 1884.

    400 m · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Cattle House

    Cattle House is a heritage-listed former bank building at 180 Quay Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Addison & Corrie and built from 1903 to 1904.

    300 m · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Criterion Hotel, Rockhampton

    Criterion Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 150 Quay Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by James Flint and built from 1889 to 1890.

    200 m · heritage-listed hotel in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Rockhampton Region

Stations
Rockhampton Airport, 3.8 km · Rockhampton railway station, 1.6 km
  • Maroochydore → Rockhampton Region
    465 km · quickest by road, 9h 43m · A$70–95
  • Toowoomba → Rockhampton Region
    494 km · quickest by road, 10h 36m · A$75–100
  • Brisbane → Rockhampton Region
    534 km · quickest by road, 11h 1m · A$80–105
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Rockhampton Region

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Rockhampton Region. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    335 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,877 km
  3. 03
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    2,235 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,848 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    3,515 km

If you know how people move in Rockhampton Region – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Rockhampton Region

  • Rockhamptoncity in Queensland, Australia500 m
  • West Rockhamptonsuburb of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia2.4 km
  • Park Avenuesuburb of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia2 km
  • Wandalsuburb of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia1.5 km