Macalister, Queensland Macalister, Queensland Macalister is a town and a locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Macalister and the surrounding area had a population of 486. The town is located in the Darling Downs and on the Warrego Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. Within the locality to the south-east of the town of Macalister is an area known as Apunyal (from an Indigneous word meaning "large plain)". The town is named after Arthur Macalister, Premier of Queensland from 1866 to 1867. The name "Apunyal" is an Aboriginal word meaning "large plain." Macalister Post
Tropical North Queensland Wet Tropics. Within the tourism industry, the phrase is used to mean varying areas of the tropical region of the state, usually within Far North Queensland. Different government departments also have varying definitions for what is meant by "Tropical North Queensland" and Tropical Australia. Tropical North Queensland Tropical North Queensland is the northern part of Queensland, Australia, an area from about the city of Mackay north to the tip of Cape York. The tropical region of Queensland covers 54% of the state's area some , and includes the whole area above the latitude 23.5 degrees south, taking in an area