Woodstock, Queensland
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| Coordinates | 19°35′42″S 146°50′12″E / 19.59500°S 146.83667°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 270 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4816 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Townsville | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Burdekin | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Woodstock is a small rural community and suburb 40 km west in the rural area of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The Woodstock General Store is the local shop, cafe, news agent, service station, bank and post office. Woodstock also has a school, The Woodstock State School, with Prep and grades 1 to 7 (There is a new prep building as the old preschool burnt down near Christmas 2004) Just up the road from the school is the Woodstock CWA Hall, this is used for CWA meetings and many other functions like stalls and markets to bingo and parties.
There is a sub station at Woodstock to boost power to the area and it feeds into the Kelso sub station in the Upper Ross area of Townsville.
Sport
Woodstock is home to many types of sports, from the Woodstock Ponyclub, Motocross & Speedway track. The Woodstock Sport and Recreational Club is used on Friday nights as a bar. The Woodstock Motocross track holds events most weekends and is well known Queensland wide.[2] There is also Sky Diving or you can have a plane ride tour of the area.
Transport
Woodstock's main center is located on the Flinders Highway where the Woodstock-Giru Road and the old Flinders Highway meet the currant Flinders Highway.
Local school bus's run from Reid River to Woodstock and from Toonpan to Woodstock during schools days taking the local children to the Woodstock School and another local bus runs from Reid River to William Ross High School for the High school Children.
Woodstock has its own airport, listed as Woodstock Airport it is better known as Donnington Airpark.
Mining
Calcium is the name of a suburb in the Woodstock area and is the main industry site of the area, they mine Lime Stone.
History
Woodstock and its large surrounding area was in Thuringowa until in 1997, when a major alteration in local government boundaries took place, that seen this part of Thuringowa become Townsville City.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Woodstock (Qld) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ http://www.townsvillemcc.net/
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