A small friendly outback community south of Quilpie, Toompine is a social centre for the surrounding grazing properties and opal mines. The town derives its name from the Aboriginal word 'Thempin' meaning a leech. Cobb and Co once serviced this town with its regular coach schedules.
All that remains today of those early pioneering days is the Toompine Hotel (circo 1893). This is a great place to relax with a cold drink and listen to the yarns of some great outback characters. Ask for directions to the Toompine cemetery just a kilometre away and find out why it is called a 'cemery' (not cemetery). Try your luck fossicking at Duck Creek Opal Mine or Sheep Creek Station Opal Mine - fossicking licence required.
Temperatures for Toompine
Toompine has hot summer temperatures. The summer high temperature for Toompine is approximately 36 °c. The summer low temperature is approximately 23 °c.
Toompine has warm winter temperatures. The winter high temperature for Toompine is approximately 21 °c. The winter low temperature is approximately 7 °c.
MONTH
LOW °c
HIGH °c
January
24
37
February
23
36
March
21
33
April
16
29
May
11
24
June
7
20
July
6
20
August
8
22
September
16
27
October
16
31
November
19
34
December
22
36
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