Kyogle

Kyogle is a town in the far northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales. The city is located about 30 km north- west of Lismore ( New South Wales), 32 km north of Casino and 758 kilometers north of Sydney at the Richmond River. It is the administrative center of the Local Government Area Kyogle Council and was in the 2006 census, a population of 2,731.

Origin of the name

Kyogle is a word of Aboriginessprache and in German means a bustard egg or egg of a hen as a tribute to the bush native to the region Busch chickens.

Economy

Cattle farming, dairy farming and forestry are the main economic activities. Previously, the timber wealth attracted settlers to the area. Red cedar ( Toona ) and Guinea - araucaria (Araucaria cunninghamii ) were the most important tree species for logging.

Tourism

Kyogle is considered the gateway to many of the national parks in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, such as the Border Ranges National Park and the Toonumbar National Park.

Flood

Beginning of January 2008 Kyogle was a large area flooded, as the Richmond River after heavy rains in the upper reaches of the river overflowed its banks. Of all the settlements on the river Kyogle was the worst affected with a water level of 18.1 m. After the flood of 1954, this was the worst flooding for the city.

Traffic

Kyogle is located on the Summerland Way ( State Road 91), a tourist road through the north-east of New South Wales.

The station is located on the North Coast Line from Sydney to Brisbane, just north of the casino. The daily train from Sydney to Brisbane stops at 4.22 clock in Kyogle and the train in the opposite direction at 9.28 clock. At the station there was a fast track, but was expanded as this track 1,500 m long trains, it was moved to a more appropriate because straighter section of track outside the city.

Approx. 35 km north of Kyogle, at Cougal on the border with Queensland, is a 360 ° loop loop that performs the railway line on the southern slopes of the McPherson Range.

Sports

In Kyogle there are the following sports clubs: Kyogle Baseball Club, Kyogle Kyogle Bowling Club and Golf Club.

World Rally Championship

The round of the World Rally Championship in 2009, also known as Rally Australia 2009 known, led by the area of ​​Kyogle.