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Australia : Queensland

5.5 km (3.4 miles) ENE of Elimbah, QLD, Australia
Approx. altitude: 22 m (72 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 27°N 27°W

Accuracy: 5 m (16 ft)
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#2: View East #3: View South #4: View West #5: Ground cover at the confluence point #6: All zeros! #7: Looking down at the point (which is at the bottom of this image) from a height of 120m #8: View North, from 120m above the point #9: View East, from 120m above the point #10: View South, from 120m above the point #11: View West, from 120m above the point #12: Looking Northwest towards the Glasshouse Mountains, from 120m above the point

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  27°S 153°E (visit #7)  

#1: The confluence point lies within a commercial pine forest.  (This is also a view to the North.)

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

25-Nov-2019 -- The lesson from today’s visit was “How quickly commercial pine forests grow in subtropical regions” (like southeast Queensland). I’ve now made three visits to this point - about 10 years apart. During my first visit (in March 2000), the point lay in a stand of mature pine trees. On my second visit (in February 2010), I discovered that these trees had recently been cut; the point lay in bare ground. Almost 3 years later, in November 2012, Rainer Mautz reported that the area had been replanted; there were now new pine seedlings growing at the point.

Now - seven years after Rainer’s visit - these pine seedlings have grown quite tall - to at least 10 meters each. As before, I was able to drive on dirt roads to about 80m North of the point, leaving me an easy hike.

Perhaps I’ll end up visiting this point a fourth time - around 2030. Will these trees still be growing, or will they have been harvested once again?

Here is a remote-controlled aerial video of this confluence point.


 All pictures
#1: The confluence point lies within a commercial pine forest. (This is also a view to the North.)
#2: View East
#3: View South
#4: View West
#5: Ground cover at the confluence point
#6: All zeros!
#7: Looking down at the point (which is at the bottom of this image) from a height of 120m
#8: View North, from 120m above the point
#9: View East, from 120m above the point
#10: View South, from 120m above the point
#11: View West, from 120m above the point
#12: Looking Northwest towards the Glasshouse Mountains, from 120m above the point
ALL: All pictures on one page