PLOTTING MAP

Cape Wessel

ElcholsNhulunbuy

Cape Shield

Groote EylandtNumbulwar

Port Roper

Port Macarthur

Mornington Island

BurketownKarumba

Gilbert River Mouth

Kowanyama

Pormpuraaw

Cape Keerweer

AurukunLockhart RiverWeipa

Mapoon

Orford Ness

Thursday Island

Cape Grenville

Cape Melville

Cape FlatteryCooktown

Cape TribulationPort Douglas

Cairns

Innisfail

CardwellLucinda

TownsvilleAyr

BowenProserpine

Hayman Island

MackaySarina

St Lawrence

Yeppoon

Shoalwater Bay

RockhamptonGladstoneTown of 1770

Bundaberg

Hervey Bay

Double Island PointTewantin

Sandy Cape

Cape MoretonBrisbane

SouthportPoint Lookout

CoolangattaCape Byron

Ballina

Longreach

Mt Isa

Emerald

Monto

KingaroyRoma

ToowoombaCunnamulla

Atherton

Charleville

Charters Towers

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NormantonGeorgetown

Mareeba

Willis Island

Print out and use this plotting map to help you keep track of the cyclone's movements. When the Bureau of Meteorology issues an advice, the position of the cyclone is given both as a longitude and latitude reading and as a 16 point compass bearing. To plot the cyclone use the longitude (vertical lines) and latitude (horizontal lines) readings issued and mark them on the plotting map below. Remember that the readings are given for the eye of the cyclone, that is the centre. Gale force winds may be experienced on the coast many hours and hundreds of kilometres ahead of the cyclone’s centre.

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