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Wivenhoe Dam spilling with all five floodgates open in October 2010
  • ...that the town of Killarney was hit by a destructive tornado on Saturday 23 November 1968, which destroyed many buildings?
  • ...that the Windorah Solar Farm uses five concentrated solar dishes each containing 112 square mirrors which sit atop 13 m masts and can rotate 360°?
  • ...that Wivenhoe Dam (pictured) is home to the vulnerable Queensland lungfish?
  • ...that Stanthorpe holds the record for the lowest temperature recorded in Queensland at -10.6 °C on 23 June 1961?