Kyogle, New South Wales

Kyogle is a town of approximately 4000 persons in the Northern Rivers region of northern New South Wales, Australia, in Kyogle Council. It was founded in the 1830's as a lumber camp, and is located 758 km north of Sydney, 32 km north of Casino on the Summerland Way close to the Queensland border. It also lies on the banks of the Richmond River. It is the seat of its own shire. Kyogle is an Aboriginal Australian word meaning "plains turkey's (bustard) egg".

Cattle grazing, dairy farming and Forestry are the primary industries. In times past, timber getting was the main reason for settlement in the area, with red cedar and hoop pine the main timber trees.It is a gateway to many National Parks including Border Ranges National Park and Toonumbar National Park.

In early January 2008 Kyogle was subject to major flooding when the Richmond River burst its banks after heavy rainfall around Kyogle and upstream. It was said that Kyogle was the worst affected town on the river with heights of 18.1m. This is the 2nd worst flood in Kyogle on record, after the flood of 1954.

Clubs

*Kyogle Bowling Club
*Kyogle Golf Club

Railway

It is served by the main North Coast railway line between Sydney and Brisbane. A short crossing loop used to be located at the passenger station, but when the loop was extended for 1500m long trains, the crossing loop was relocated to a straighter more suitable site outside town.

Further north along the railway line towards Brisbane, located at Cougal is the Border Loop, whereby the train track loops 360 degrees and eventually runs over itself. This loop was constructed in order to get the trains from the low side (NSW) to the high side (QLD) of the McPherson Range.

World Rally Championship

The 2008 World Rally Championship was planned for the Kyogle region but it has been delayed to 2009 [http://www.kyogle.nsw.gov.au/content/uploads/AGENDA17DEC07.pdf] , [http://www.cams.com.au/content.asp?PageID=Article&ObjectID=980] . While the main service park will be on the Gold Coast, Queensland, for two of the three days competition is expected to be staged around Kyogle.

External links

* [http://www.kyogleweb.com.au/ Kyogle Web] Community links and information.
* [http://www.kyogle.nsw.gov.au/ Kyogle Council]
* [http://www.kyogle.org.au/ Kyogle Community Directory] community info
* [http://kyogle.ctcnsw.net.au/CMS/index.php Kyogle Community Technology centre]