Location Profiles

Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District

GORDONVALE

Gordonvale is a small sugar milling town with an expanding population due to the tourism boom of Far North Queensland. The town is where the infamous cane toad was first introduced to Australia in 1935 thanks to the misguided belief it would control sugar cane beetle. Now it is one of Queensland’s biggest threats to native flora and fauna. “Walsh’s Pyramid”, a steep 922m pyramid shaped hill, is an outstanding geographical site land marking Gordonvale. Known as “Durrugan” to the local Yidinji Aboriginal people, it is where “The Great Pyramid Race” is held by locals each year. Gordonvale is within easy commute to the major business centre of Cairns.

Population: 4,868

Queensland Health facilities in District: 10

• Read more about Gordonvale’s key Queensland Health facility Gordonvale Memorial Hospital
  
• Read more about Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District

Services

• 5 educational facilities, including public and private schools (Preparatory Year (non-compulsory) followed by Year 1 to Year 12)
  
• Childcare facilities
  
• Community clubs, including Lions
  
• Gordonvale Community Centre
  
• Library
  
• Places of worship
  
• Police Station
  
• Australia Post
  
• Shopping centres

Sporting & Recreation

• Goldsborough Valley State Forest - walks, swimming, canoeing, picnicking
  
• Bellenden Ker National Park & Walsh’s Pyramid
  
• Tourist steam-powered tram, “Mulberry Rambler“
  “The Great Pyramid Race”
  
• Gordonvale Community Theatre
  
• Sporting clubs
  
• Local touring - Atherton Tablelands, Craters Lakes National Park, Barrine Lake, Eatham Lake

Location

1693 km north of Brisbane
24 km south of Cairns

Access

		Cairns International & Domestic Airports

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