Innisfail
INNISFAIL
GENERAL INFORMATION
- LOCATION: Approx 93km south of Cairns
- POPULATION: 8000
- A sugar city for over a century, Innisfail is one of the wettest cities in Australia and was established in 1880
- when the Catholic Bishop of Brisbane and a company whose members included 11 Carmelite nuns purchased
- 10 000 hectares of jungle and cleared it for sugar planting. Today Innisfail has become a busy town which
- produces a large proportion of the state's sugar. The town has a high religous background and large
- Mediterranean and Italian population which is greatly reflected on the Catholic Church which stands
- imposingly on the brow of the main street. From here you can visit Australia's only tea plantation at Nerada,
- 35km to the west or climb Mount Bartle Frere, the highest mountain in Queensland. There is also great
- access to Atherton from here from a good road running all the way to the tablelands.
POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND SERVICES
Sugar Museum
- Nerada Tea Plantation (closed Monday)
- Mt Bartle Frere
- Crocodile Farm
- Camping Grounds
- Bush Walks
- Cooper Point Lookout
- Backpackers Hostel
OTHER INFORMATION
- AREA POSTCODE: 4860
- AREA PHONECODE: 07
International 61 7....
- SHOPPING FACILITIES & OTHER SERVICES
- Local Stores, Supermarket, Service Station & Post Office Available
- International Airport
- BANKING & EXCHANGE
- ANZ, National Australia Bank, Suncorp, Northern Building Society, etc.
- EMERGENCY SERVICES
- Ambulance 000 or 07 4061 1611
- Hospital 07 40615 411
- Police 000 or 07 4061 1244
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