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(Links last checked November 2007)

Captains Flat and Surrounds

• The Drive To Captains Flat
  a guide to a “tourist drive” which will take you from Queanbeyan through The Flat and to Lowden Forest Park and on to Braidwood. Some of the information is out of date.
  http://www.visitqueanbeyan.com/page.aspx?page=1522
  
  An alternative tourist drive, to Lowden Park camping ground
  http://www.forest.nsw.gov.au/recreation/_scripts/area.asp?areaID=64
  
  And a direct link to information about Lowden Park
  http://www.forest.nsw.gov.au/recreation/_scripts/drive.asp?driveID=3
   
• Wikipedia
  Wikipedia is an online encyclopaedia with a large entry on Captains Flat and numerous links to related information.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captains_Flat%2C_New_South_Wales
   
• ABC
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation story about Captains Flat.
  http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s1443961.htm

• Mills Cross Radio Telescope
  Of interest locally is the Mills Cross Radio Telescope, operated by the University of Sydney, and located near Hoskinstown, just off the Captains Flat Road from Queanbeyan.
  http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/astrop/most/
  http://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/newsletter/oct01/focus_hist.htm
  http://www.tip.csiro.au/History/PottsHill.htm
  http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Mills.html
   

• Local Husky breeders and landowners
  Most of the Mine site is a private residence and the property is called Mikulov. The residents breed, train and exhibit Siberian Huskies and have been doing so for 14 years.
  http://trak.to/Mikulov
   

• Bureau of Meteorology
  The Captains Flat weather radar site. Actually located on Mount Cowangerong, this page makes for quite interesting viewing if you know how to interpret a radar picture.
  http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR403.shtml
   

• Molonglo River Flow Data
  Flow data for the Molonglo River. The measuring device is above the waterfall, which is upriver from the Captains Flat dam. If this meter is registering a flow, then the dam is recharging.
  http://waterinfo.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/browse.epl?site=41000208
   

• Local rainfall
  http://www.weatherzone.com.au/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=70016&list=rb shows monthly and daily rainfall for Captains Flat.
   

• Captains Flat Cemetery
  Local cemeteries are well indexed on the internet.
  
  The Captains Flat cemetery is detailed at http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/nsw/yarrowlumla/captflat.htm, and other local cemeteries can be found listed at http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/nsw/ if you know their names. Examples are Carwoola, Jerangle and Hoskinstown.

• Tourism
  commercial tourism site, with some out of date information.
  http://www.walkabout.com.au/theage/locations/NSWCaptainsFlat.shtml
   

• Statistics
  This is the location of information from the 2006 Census, the most recent from which data are available. It is free. Click here then enter the postcode 2623 into the box on the page.
   

• Gold!
  A brief history of the gold-mining in Captains Flat. I can't vouch for its accuracy but it's an entertaining read:
  http://www.gold-net.com.au/archivemagazines/oct99/62294864.htm#9
  
  Recently exploration for gold and other resources has commenced again by Ironbark Gold and Monaro Mining
   

• Captains Flat Primary School
  Some basic information about the primary school here.
   

• Railways
  This site has information on the railway line from Captains Flat to Bungendore, as well as photos of the line, including the Captains Flat end and at Hoskinstown. Oddly, there are no photos of the station – as it is now a private residence you can’t just go and see it for yourself, so it’s disappointing that there are no photos publicly available (on the web at least). There is an embryonic plan to turn the railway line into a cycle trail between Bungendore and Captains Flat. It is to be hoped that the infrastructure will remain undamaged just in case trains ever have a chance of running again.
  http://www.nswrail.net/lines/captains_flat/index.html
   

• War Memorials
  a site dedicated to War memorials has a page about the Captains Flat memorial.
  http://www.skp.com.au/memorials2/pages/20031.htm
   

• Silly Stuff
  a silly site which at the time of viewing had a made-up story about Captains Flat on its front page. If it’s not there when you look, try the Archives section.
  http://www.mycanberra.com.au/default.html
   

• House Prices
  And for those of you addicted to watching the real estate market, check out Allhomes.
  http://allhomes.com.au/c/ah?a=sl&s=156
   

• Jerangle Public School
  http://www.jerangle.ps.education.nsw.gov.au/index.htm

Eating and accommodation

• The Outsider Coffee Lounge and Gallery
  A very good restaurant, The Outsider, is located in Captains Flat. The proprietors, Christine Simpson and Gunther Deix are friendly and warmly welcome visitors. Gunther is an accomplished artist and displays his works in the Restaurant and adjoining Gallery. You can visit their website at:
  http://www.outsidercafe.netfirms.com
  See also: Captains Flat Attractions - The Outsider Coffee Lounge and Gallery
   
• Captains Flat Hotel
  A couple of pages about the Captains Flat Hotel. The information is out of date now that the hotel has new proprietors. You can eat at the pub most evenings and weekends. It also has lovely accommodation.
  http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/CaptainsFlat/
  See also: Captains Flat Attractions - Captains Flat Hotel

Local organisations

• Rural Fire Service
  Captains Flat Rural Fire Service.
   
• Ballallaba Action Group
  home page of the Ballallaba Action Group, “a small volunteer community action group setting out to learn from nature her hidden mysteries for sustaining bio-diversity”.
  http://www.ballallaba.org.au/english/index.html

Local Media

• Captains Flat Telegraph
  a free newsletter for the town, is now available online.
  http://www.captainsflat-tele.org
   
• The Bungendore Mirror
  despite its name, is distributed throughout the western part of the Palerang Shire , including Captains Flat. Its website contains the current issue, page by page in .pdf format. It also contains contact details for the newspaper should you wish to contact them to advertise or for any other reason.
  http://www.bungendoremirror.com.au
   
• The Bungendore Bulletin
  Distributed shire-wide, does not seem to have a website.
   
• The Tallaganda Times
  Published in Braidwood and is a subsidiary of the Canberra Times.
   
• The Queanbeyan Age
  Includes coverage of issues in the ECCR shire area, is published twice a week, and is also a sister paper of the Canberra Times.
   
• The Queanbeyan Chronicle
  A weekly newspaper.

Other nearby places and community associations

• Braidwood
  Braidwood has a strong presence on the internet, being a popular tourist destination especially for passing traffic from Canberra to the coast and back. Braidwood’s Community Association, BRASS, does not currently have a website. An example of Braidwood's internet presence and strong community can be found at http://www.braidwood.net.au/fmradio/ [but the website is currently not functioning] - yes, it has a community radio station. It also has a Historical Society http://www.braidwoodmuseum.org.au/  with a museum, a Film Club operating in the old theatre http://home.goulburn.net.au/~robison/film/index.htm [sorry - another mysteriously disappearing website], an arts group BRAG http://www.bragart.com.au/ and so on.
  
  Others are Braidwood's Community Newsletter http://www.braidwood.net.au/communitynews/index.htm [not being updated] and the Community Technology Centre has a very informative (but slightly out of date) website at http://braidwood.ctcnsw.net.au/CMS/index.php [sorry, the website has moved or disappeared]. Braidwood Tourism is at http://www.braidwood-tourism.com.au/ or http://www.visitbraidwood.com.au/ - a very comprehensive source of information about the area.
   
• Bungendore
  A similar source of information about Bungendore and its surrounds is http://www.bungendore.info.  Bungendore is a lively town which lies on the King's Highway east of Canberra, and on the way to the coast. Like Braidwood (45km further east) it enjoys much trade from the tourist traffic, and day-trippers from Canberra. It is also a commuter town for Canberra, and some say that as it is effectively a suburb, it has a less cohesive community than one might expect. Until recently the Chamber of Commerce -  http://www.bungendore.org.au [link currently not working] - performed some of the functions of a Community Association, but now there is the Bungendore Residents Group - http://www.bungendorevillage.org.
   
• Numeralla
  South of Braidwood, on the way to Cooma via the village of Numeralla, are the regions of Ballalaba, Krawareee and Badja. There's a website with some historical information about the area http://www.braidwood.net.au/jinden/badja/index.htm [link currently not working],  but it doesn't seem to have been updated for a long time. No matter - history doesn't change much!
   
• Landcare
  The Shoalhaven Landcare site has links to numerous Landcare groups in the area, just East of Captains Flat - www.shoalhaven-landcare.asn.au
   
• Bywong
  Bywong Community Association has an excellent website. It can be found at http://www.bywongcommunity.org.au.  Bywong is a rural residential community north of Bungendore, and host to a very large car boot sale held annually in March. (See their website for more details).
   
• Burra
  Over the hills, but not very far away as the crow flies, is the rural residential area of Burra, with a new website for its community association.
   
• Majors Creek
  Majors Creek is a sleepy little town, probably Captains Flat's nearest neighbour, about 35km to our east. It has an annual, much-respected folk music festival in November. The website is http://www.musicatthecreek.com/

Links to other community associations in the region will be added when provided to the webmaster, or as he finds them.

Government

• Local Government
  Early in 2004, the part of Yarrowlumla Shire containing Captains Flat and Bungendore was merged with Tallaganda Shire, which was centred around Braidwood. This new shire is named Palerang Council. Information about the shire is currently available from the council's website - http://www.palerang.nsw.gov.au.  Palerang is a distinctive mountain close to the geographic centre of the council area.
   
• State Government
  The Capital Region Development Board is a joint initiative of the New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory governments, and their website is at http://www.capitalregion.org.au/aboutus.htm - some of the pages, including the homepage, are currently non-functioning.
   
• Federal Government
  The Capital Region Area Consultative Committee is at: http://www.cr-acc.asn.au/cr-acc.php.

General Information

• Route Finder
  http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp is a route-finder, for finding your way from or to Captains Flat. Another routefinder can be found here.

Downloads

Captains Flat on Google Earth Download the kmz file here.