FNQ does seem to start at Innisfail and heads north but also swings round
into the Gulf country. That is if you believe wiki and their source the
Queensland Government department, "Trade and Investment Queensland". Here's
a link to its map of Queensland regions
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Qld-regions-map.gif
Could have called it Ultima Thule!
Chris Gregory
On 18 March 2018 at 18:34, Phil Gregory <> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Thanks to all, seems like a good a good definition starting from Innisfail
> and yes, I thought Townsville was too far south which is why we used North
> Queensland and not Far North Queensland for our title.
> Phil Gregory
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> > On 18 Mar 2018, at 6:05 AM, martin cachard <> wrote:
> >
> > thanks Laurie...
> >
> > because the Cassowary Coast starts at Cardwell Gap (this I do know), and
> continues nothwards to end just south of Cairns, that means that FNQ covers
> the whole area north from Cardwell Gap to Cape York.
> >
> > I have had more than a few responses to my question of where FNQ covers
> to have agreed that the southern boundary of FNQ is Cardwell Gap, so I am
> going to run with that in future.
> >
> > I had always thought that FNQ included Townsville, but now I know that
> it doesn't.
> >
> > I love learning new things!!
> >
> > by the way, has anybody else caught up with the Black-tailed Gull up
> here yet??
> >
> > thanks again,
> >
> >
> > martin cachard
> >
> > trinity beach, cairns, FNQ.
> >
> >
> > From: Laurie Knight <>
> > Sent: Saturday, 17 March 2018 1:03 PM
> > To: Phil Gregory
> > Cc: ; Birding Aus
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] FNQ definition
> >
> > G’day Phil
> >
> > The ABS geographically based regionalisation starts FNQ at Cassowary
> Coast RC [Tully, Innisfail].
> >
> > Regards, Laurie.
> >
> > > On 15 Mar 2018, at 2:19 pm, Phil Gregory <> wrote:
> > >
> > > I’ve always taken FNQ to be the Tablelands and Cairns northwards. Jun
> Matsui and I are doing a Photoguide to the Birds of North Queensland which
> goes from Townsville northwards, we purposely avoided using FNQ as we went
> a tad too far south.
> > > Regards
> > > Phil Gregory
> > > < <mailto:
> >>
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> > > Website 3: http://www.cassowarytours.com.au <
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