Type: | suburb |
Trunding | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -12.633°N 141.8769°W |
Pop: | 929 |
Postcode: | 4874 |
Area: | 2.9 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 649 |
Dir1: | NW |
Location1: | Cooktown |
Dist2: | 818 |
Dir2: | NW |
Location2: | Cairns |
Dist3: | 1140 |
Dir3: | NW |
Location3: | Townsville |
Dist4: | 2493 |
Dir4: | NNW |
Location4: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Weipa Town |
Stategov: | Cook |
Fedgov: | Leichhardt |
Near-N: | Albatross Bay |
Near-Ne: | Rocky Point |
Near-E: | Rocky Point |
Near-Se: | Mission River |
Near-S: | Mission River |
Near-Sw: | Nanum |
Near-W: | Nanum |
Near-Nw: | Albatross Bay |
Trunding is a coastal residential locality in the Weipa Town, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Trunding had a population of 929 people.
Albatross Bay is off-shore to the west (-12.6206°N 141.8648°W).[2] with Nanum Beach (-12.6345°N 141.8632°W) extending from Nanum to Trunding.[3] Albatross Bay is part of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The land in the north-west of Trunding is used for residential housing while the remainder of the locality is undeveloped.
The locality is believed to takes its name from Trunding Creek (possibly originally called Trundling Creek).[1]
In the, Trunding had a population of 962 people.
In the, Trunding had a population of 929 people.
There are no schools in Trunding. The nearest government primary and secondary school is Western Cape College in neighbouring Rocky Point to the north-east.