Mining Jobs Mackay

Mackay extends 970 kilometres (603 mi) north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River,is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, Mackay is also called as the sugar capital of Australia. It extends as a part of North Queensland, with some sources calling it the far north end of Central Queensland. Equally, there has always been much contention over the pronunciation of the name Mackay. Mackay is pronounced as "i" not "ay". Mackay is located on the 21st parallel south on the banks of the Pioneer River. The Range extends on the eastern side of the city, with the Athelstane Range to the west. In the city most of the expansion is taking plce in the Beachside, Southern, Central and Pioneer Valley suburbs.

Mackay has a humid subtropical climate (CWa) under the Köppen climate classification.

Mackay was hit with massive flood In February 1958,which was caused by heavy rainfall upstream with 878 mm of rain falling at Finch Hatton in 24 hours. The flood peaked at 9.14 metres. The whole of the Mackay was flooded within hours. Residents were rescued by boats and taken to emergency homes. The flood broke all the Australian records.

Exactly 50 years from the last major flood, Mackay was devastated by severe flood on 15 February 2008, which almost caused by over 600 mm of rain in 6 hours with around 2000 homes affected.

Mackay,Central Queensland is widely recognised as the gateway to the famous Bowen Basin coal mining reserveand is the single largest coal reserve in Australia, having 34 operational coal mines extracting over 100 million tonnes per year. Japan and China are the largest export recipients of the output.The first coal from Goonyella was produced later, .Although coal was discovered late in the 19th century.