Range Locations

[Ken L]

With the advent of GPS Navigation for cars and Google Earth for the internet.
Let's develop a guide to Ranges on this web forum.

Now I will start it off with the following locations

Grafton Range
152 degrees 57 minutes 3.47 seconds EAST..
29 degrees 36 minutes 46.75 seconds SOUTH

Brisbane Range
153 dergrre8 minutes 2.75 seconds EAST ..
27 degrees 30 minutes 28.84 seconds SOUTH

Toowoomba Range
151 degrees 58 minutes 11.72 seconds EAST
27 degrees 32 minutes 23.41 seconds SOUTH

Not only put in your local range but other ranges that you know the locations.
Good camping grounds a for carravans etc wont go astray for those traveling to OPM's where you can't stop on the range.

Once we get a comprehensive list they can be compiled and sorted by state and alaphabeticaly and maybe a URL published on the NRA web site as well.
Ken L

[Tony Q]

well done Ken

Just had a look at Brissy on Google Earth ..

I'll get the ones i know here in SA and post them .


Again .. Great Idea!!

[daj]

Great idea Ken,

North Arm Range QLD

DATUM WGS84

152 degrees 58 minutes 7.15 seconds EAST
26 degrees 31 minutes 33.2 seconds SOUTH

[Ken L]

DAJ
I was refering to ranges for F Class the one you located is only 100 yards long and looks like a BR Range
Sorry for the confusion
Ken L

[daj]

Ken,
Damn you're fast!! I quickly edited my first post which was for the SSAA range next door. The current co-ords are correct.
David

[Tony Q]

Murray Bridge Rifle Club & The Monato Shooting Complex

35 deg 08' 38.82" South
139 deg 08' 57.76" East

Lower Light (State Range)

Just shows how long ago the sat image was taken .. the Butts are under construction and there are no club rooms!!! (the club room complex is just to the north west where the tower and sub buildings are visible)

34 deg 33' 01.44" South
138 deg 22' 18.84" East


Will try and find Kapunda next

[Ken L]

45-21-35.89 N 75-54-08.77W DCRA CONNAUGHT

51-18-51.96 N 0-39-06.67 W CENTURY RANGE BISLEY 100 TARGETS

[Lynn Otto]

Hi guys

Kapunda is:

34 deg 21' 21.95" South
138 deg 55' 32.63" East
at 715ft elevation

Lynn

[bully_eye]

Hornsby Range, Sydney, NSW. The coordinates are from Google earth and are actually of our club house but the range is adjacent to it. In other words if you make it to our club house you wont miss the 800m of grass next to it.

lat=-33.6907017883, lon=151.091492046

Michael

[steve300wby]

Here is a couple

Bendigo(vic)
36deg 45'11.31" S 144deg 19'54.77" E


Castlemaine(vic)
37deg 03'18.44" E 144deg 11'47.88 E


Cheers
Steve

[Mark Hamersley]

Here is a link to a global list of highpower/fullbore ranges being compiled for Google Earth. Quite a few Australian ones are featured.

http://tinyurl.com/zlkag

I came across this while lurking on the fullbore list. Not strictly f-class but interesting all the same.


Mark Hamersley

[AlanF]

Mark,

Looking at your link, and following the "how to" links, it looks like we could have a small .kml text file for each range, and make it available on the website. Opening the file would launch google earth and go straight to the location of the range - and it could even have the magnification and viewing angle preset. I don't have Google Earth at home (still on a 56k connection), but will try it at work.

Alan

[Chris Burdett]

Wingham Target Shooting Complex aka. Wingham Rifle Range is at
31*51'04,57 S 152*22'13,40 E
10 Targets, 40 powered caravan sites, come and stay in the best part of Australia,

[Ken L]

All the range locations have been passed on to Asa Yam who is compiling a world wide list of range locations that started about the same time as I set up this forum.
So all your input has helped to compile this index.
Thanks to ALL.
And if you find that your range is not already on the Google list then send it to me for passing on to Asa.

An interesting feature of Google earth is seen if you look at the Inverell range and then tilt the picture after rotating the view to the east