The Gums, Queensland The Gums, Queensland The Gums is a town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. At the , The Gums and the surrounding area had a population of 169. The town is at the junction of the Leichhardt Highway and the Surat Developmental Road on the Darling Downs, west of the state capital, Brisbane. The Western railway line passes through the locality with three stations serving the locality, The Gums railway station, Cabawin railway station, and South Glen railway station. The name of the town was derived from The Gums railway station, on the Western railway line from
Eastern states of Australia also includes: the Gold Coast, Queensland; Newcastle, New South Wales; and Wollongong, New South Wales as the three largest non-capital cities in the country. In terms of climate, the area is dominated by a humid subtropical zone, with some tropical (Queensland) and oceanic climate (Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales) zones. In most situations, the eastern states are defined as those who use Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), and that is the definition that this article will adhere to, unless noted. Since the 1980s, governments have proposed building a high-speed rail in Australia. However, this rail would only go