Stanthorpe, QLD's coldest region is set in the southern highlands region of QLD just off from the New England Highway. The town was established in 1857 as a coach station but boomed in 1872 when rich deposits of tin was discovered in the area. Nowadays the town is the centre for the local fruit and vegetable industries. The town itself is quiet, clean with the standout features being the lookout at Mt Marlay and the parks adjacent to Quart Creek. The town name Stanthorpe originates from a combination of the Latin word for tin "stannum" and the old English word for town "thorpe".

Population:

4873 ¹

Postcode:

4380

Location:

214 km southwest of Brisbane

Main Roads:

New England Hwy (A15) and Stanthorpe-Texas Rd (SR89)

Radio Stations:

FM:
4AK (99.5 MHz), 4WK (91.5 MHz), ABC Classic (101.7 MHz), ABC New England North West (88.9 MHz), ABC Radio National (106.5 MHz), ABC Southern QLD (104.9 MHz), Breeze FM (90.1 MHz), Hit 100.7 Darling Downs (97.9 MHz), RadioTAB (93.1 MHz and 95.1 MHz), Rebel FM (97.1 MHz), TEN FM (98.7 MHz), Triple J (103.3 MHz), Triple M Darling Downs 864 (100.3 MHz) and Vision Christian Radio (87.6 MHz)

AM:
ABC Radio Brisbane (612 kHz)

Town Centre:

Maryland Street in Stanthorpe, December 2002.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Town Centre:

High Street, Stanthorpe, December 2002.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Town Centre:

Corner of Maryland St, High St and Victoria St, Stanthorpe, June 2012.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Town Centre:

Corner of Maryland St and Railway St, Stanthorpe, June 2012.

Image © Michael Greenslade