Explore Wonga Beach, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wonga Beach, QLD map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wonga Beach, Queensland, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Queensland or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Wonga Beach and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Wonga Beach.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Wonga Beach |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Douglas Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Latitude | -16.33857 |
| Longitude | 145.42838 |
| Area | 21.4 km² |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1464 km northwest |
Wonga Beach is a locality in the Douglas Shire local government area of Queensland, Australia. The locality covers an area of 21.4 km². It lies approximately 1464 km northwest of Brisbane. Wonga Beach is located at 16.3386°S, 145.4284°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving.
Wonga Beach unfurls along the Queensland coast, a long, sun-bleached ribbon where the green of the tropics meets the blue of the Coral Sea. It lies 356.4 km north-north-west of Townsville City, QLD (from Townsville City, QLD: bearing 335°T), and is situated 14.4 km north-north-east of Mossman. The sand here is a pale, fine grit, warm underfoot even in the early morning, stretching for kilometres with a generous, uncrowded sweep. Behind the beach, the land rises gently, a mosaic of coastal scrub and hardy grasses that give way to the denser, humid embrace of the rainforest further inland. The air, thick with the scent of salt and damp earth, hums with the incessant thrum of unseen insects, a constant, vital pulse. At dusk, the sky ignites in hues of apricot and rose, casting a soft, ephemeral glow over the quiet expanse of water and land.
The history of Wonga Beach is intimately tied to the rich resources of this tropical north. For generations, its shores have been a source of sustenance, a place where the bounty of the sea was readily available to those who knew how to read its tides and currents. More recently, the fertile lands behind the coast have supported small-scale agriculture, with fruit orchards and plantations dotting the landscape, their verdant rows a contrast to the wilder scrub. Tourism has also found a footing here, drawn by the unspoiled beauty and the promise of a slower pace of life, a place where travellers can reconnect with the raw, elemental charm of the coast without the clamour of larger resorts. The nearby Daintree Rainforest, a World Heritage-listed treasure, acts as a magnificent backdrop and an irresistible draw, its ancient canopy whispering tales of time immemorial.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Wonga Beach, Queensland. 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 Wonga Beach, in the Douglas Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Wonga Beach includes the postcode, telephone area code (07), and local government area (Douglas Shire). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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 Wonga Beach is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |