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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