- Ayr, Queensland
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Ayr
state = qld
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caption =
lga =Burdekin Shire Council
postcode = 4807
est =
pop = 8,334 (2001 census)
elevation= 12.0
maxtemp = 29.0
mintemp = 17.8
rainfall = 953.9
stategov = Burdekin
fedgov = Dawson
dist1 = 1273
location1=Brisbane
dist2 = 88
location2= Townsville
dist3 = 290
location3= MackayAyr is a town in
Queensland ,Australia near the delta of theBurdekin River . It is within the Burdekin Shire, which produces the most sugar cane per square kilometre in Australia utilizing underground water supplies and water from theBurdekin Dam to irrigate crops when rains fail.Ayr is located 88 km south of Townsville on the
Bruce Highway and 12km away from the (smaller) town of Home Hill. It is 112km north of Bowen and 290km north of Mackay. Ayr has a population of approximately 9000. It has the usual chain stores, ten pin bowling, a toyshop, [http://www.stardust.8m.net/ drive in movie] , cinema, 6pub s as well as a range of sports, electrical, fashion stores. Ayr has several banks including the Commonwealth, ANZ,Suncorp , National andBendigo Bank .Alva beach , a popular area for fishing and swimming, is located 16km east of Ayr.Ayr has several state
primary school s (Ayr, East Ayr, Kalamia and several others in surrounding areas) and two non-government primary schools, St Francis School (Catholic) and Burdekin Christian College. Ayr has one state high school and one non-government high school. Ayr State High School was the 8th public secondary high school in Queensland. The non-government high school is called the BurdekinCatholic High School.Several sports are played in Ayr, such as
Touch football which is competitive and popular.Rugby League andRugby Union are both also popular sports.Karrie Webb (golfer) was born in Ayr and also grew up in Ayr.Netball andTable Tennis (ping pong) are also popular sports in Ayr.Notable persons from Ayr
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Matthew Ham : Professional Soccer Player - "Queensland Roar "
*Shane Muspratt : Professional Rugby League Player
*Ryan Phelan : Journalist and Television presenter
*Don Walker: Musician/song writer - "Cold Chisel "
*Karrie Webb :LPGA Golfer and member ofLPGA Hall Of Fameee also
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SS Gothenburg "External links
* [http://www.burdekin.qld.gov.au Burdekin Shire Council Website]
* [http://www.stardust.8m.net/ Stardust Drive in and Galaxy Cinema]
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