Coominglah Forest, Queensland
Suburb of North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia
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Coominglah Forest is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Coominglah Forest had "no people or a very low population".[1]
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| Coordinates: 24.8983°S 150.9705°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 418.3 km2 (161.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0000/km2 (0.0000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4630 | ||||||||||||
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Geography
Coominglah Range (24.7166°S 150.9333°E) is in the north of the locality.[3][4]
The Burnett Highway passes through the locality from the north-east (Moonford) to the north-west (Coominglah).[5]
Most of the locality is within the Coominglah State Forest, except for one small valley in the east of the locality (24.8581°S 151.0809°E) where the land use is grazing on native vegetation.[6]
Coominglah State Forest has Queensland's largest patch of semi-evergreen vine thicket.[7]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Coominglah Forest had "no people or a very low population".[8]
In the 2021 census, Coominglah Forest had "no people or a very low population".[1]
Education
There are no schools in Coominglah Forest. The nearest government primary schools are Monto State School in neighbouring Monto to the east and Mulgildie State School in neighbouring Mulgildie to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Monto State High School, also in Monto. There is also a Catholic primary school in Monto.[9]
Attractions
There are a number of lookouts in Coominglah Forest:
- Tuckers Lookout (24.8749°S 150.9229°E)[10]
- Hurdle Gully Lookout, off Davies Road (24.8849°S 150.9806°E)[10][11]
- another lookout (24.8833°S 150.9864°E)[10]
