Bowen (Bowen)
Bowen is a coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, the locality of Bowen had a population of 10,377 people.
The locality contains two other towns:
* Heronvale (-20.107°N, 148.2933°W)
* Merinda (-20.0164°N, 148.1647°W).
The Abbot Point coal shipping port is also within the locality (-19.8816°N, 148.0795°W).
Bowen is located on the north-east coast in North Queensland, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. Bowen is halfway between Townsville and Mackay, and 1130 km by road from Brisbane.
Bowen sits on a square peninsula, with the Coral Sea to the north, east, and south. To the south-east is Port Denison and Edgecumbe Bay. On the western side, where the peninsula connects with the mainland, the Don River's alluvial plain provides fertile soil that supports a prosperous farming industry.
Merinda is a hinterland town 10.3 km west of the town of Bowen.
The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the east, approaches but does not enter the town of Bowen itself, but then turns west to pass through Merinda before exiting the locality to the north-west. The North Coast railway line follows a similar route, approaching the district from the south and served by the Bowen railway station located to the west of the town. After exiting the station, the line turns northwest over the Don river to its next major stop at Home Hill. At Merinda railway station, there is the junction with the Collinsville-Newlands railway line servicing the Bowen basin Coalfields. The Collinsville-Newlands line extends to the coal-handling port at Abbot Point, also within the locality of Bowen. The railway station servicing the port is the Abbot Point railway station.
Heronvale is a small coastal town 21.6 km by road south of the town of Bowen, accessed via the Bruce Highway and then Heronvale Road.
The locality contains two other towns:
* Heronvale (-20.107°N, 148.2933°W)
* Merinda (-20.0164°N, 148.1647°W).
The Abbot Point coal shipping port is also within the locality (-19.8816°N, 148.0795°W).
Bowen is located on the north-east coast in North Queensland, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. Bowen is halfway between Townsville and Mackay, and 1130 km by road from Brisbane.
Bowen sits on a square peninsula, with the Coral Sea to the north, east, and south. To the south-east is Port Denison and Edgecumbe Bay. On the western side, where the peninsula connects with the mainland, the Don River's alluvial plain provides fertile soil that supports a prosperous farming industry.
Merinda is a hinterland town 10.3 km west of the town of Bowen.
The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the east, approaches but does not enter the town of Bowen itself, but then turns west to pass through Merinda before exiting the locality to the north-west. The North Coast railway line follows a similar route, approaching the district from the south and served by the Bowen railway station located to the west of the town. After exiting the station, the line turns northwest over the Don river to its next major stop at Home Hill. At Merinda railway station, there is the junction with the Collinsville-Newlands railway line servicing the Bowen basin Coalfields. The Collinsville-Newlands line extends to the coal-handling port at Abbot Point, also within the locality of Bowen. The railway station servicing the port is the Abbot Point railway station.
Heronvale is a small coastal town 21.6 km by road south of the town of Bowen, accessed via the Bruce Highway and then Heronvale Road.
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