The Caves, Queensland — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of The Caves, in the Livingstone Shire local government area.
| Locality | The Caves |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Livingstone Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -23.17506 |
| Longitude | 150.46553 |
| Population | 689 |
| Density | 15.3 /km² |
| Area | 45.0 km² |
| Elevation | 62 m |
| Postcode | 4702 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 542 km north-northwest |
The Caves is a locality in the Livingstone Shire local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 689. The locality covers an area of 45.0 km², giving a population density of about 15.3 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 62 m above sea level. It lies approximately 542 km north-northwest of Brisbane. The Caves is located at 23.1751°S, 150.4655°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4702. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
The Caves lies in a broad, shallow basin where the land dips towards the coast, a place of ochre earth and hardy scrub. It lies 23.2 km north-north-west of Rockhampton City, QLD (from Rockhampton City, QLD: bearing 349°T), and is situated 14.8 km north-north-west of Parkhurst. The air here carries a dry, dusty scent, a whisper of sun-baked plains that stretch inland, broken only by the occasional cluster of ghost gums and the skeletal shapes of ancient ironbarks. Low, rolling hills, scrubbed bare by wind and sun, form the immediate backdrop, their contours softened by the haze of perpetual summer. A sense of quietude pervades, broken only by the drone of insects and the distant bleating of sheep, a sound that seems to echo the vast, empty spaces that surround The Caves. The light, particularly as it begins to bleed into dusk, casts long, distorted shadows, turning the familiar landscape into something more profound and ancient.
Historically, The Caves was a frontier outpost, its early days shaped by the tough realities of sheep grazing and the slow, persistent work of carving a living from the unforgiving terrain. The local economy still leans on the land, with wool production a mainstay, though the more adventurous have explored opportunities in niche tourism, drawn by the stark beauty and the promise of solitude. There are whispers of older stories too, of a time before fences and flocks, when this country belonged to a different kind of silence, a heritage that still seems to lie just beneath the surface of the everyday. The weathered corrugated iron roofs and the dusty main street speak of resilience, a place that has seen its share of boom and bust, but endures with a quiet strength, its character etched not by grand pronouncements, but by the daily grind and the enduring spirit of its people.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
This page provides an interactive Google map of The Caves, Queensland with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on The Caves, in the Livingstone Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for The Caves includes the postcode (4702), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Livingstone Shire), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct The Caves is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |