Airlie Beach was awarded Queensland’s Tidiest Town title in 2019, as well as the Cleanest beach title 2019 by Keep Queensland Beautiful. History and Geography Facts Airlie Beach, the vibrant mainland hub for your great barrier reef and Whitsundays Island and adventure. With The name derived from the former town of Airlie and unbounded locality of Airlie Beach. Airlie was named following a request by the Lands Department in December 1935 for the Proserpine Shire Council to p

Cooktown was awarded Queensland’s Tidiest Town title in 2014 by Keep Queensland Beautiful. Cooktown is currently a 4-star* Queensland Tidy Town. *Tell us what you think of Cooktown by voting in the poll below – you can give a 1 to 5 star rating. History and Geography Facts Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland – where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repairs in 1770. Both the town and Mount Cook (431 met

Yungaburra is currently a 4-star accredited Queensland Tidy Town. You can tell us what you think by voting in the poll. https://www.trc.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/Yungaburra-Town-Entry-Sign-scaled.jpg History and Geography Facts Established in 1890, Yungaburra (originally Allumbah Pocket), takes its name from the language of the Yidinji Aboriginal people. It is said to mean meeting place, a place of enquiring or questioning. Prior to European settlement the area around Yu

Thursday Island is currently a 2-star accredited Queensland Tidy Town. You can tell us about your experience visiting Thursday Island by voting in the online poll or leaving a comment below. History and Geography Facts The original place of permanent European settlement in Torres Strait was Somerset, south-east of the tip of Cape York Peninsula, established in 1864. However, the channel between Albany Island and Somerset proved to be hazardous for a port and in 1875 it was j

Wujal Wujal is a small Aboriginal community on the Bloomfield River between Cape Tribulation and cooktown. https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/e07141dfb90e463353ded4f2e165e67f History and Geography Wujal Wujal, sometimes spelt Wudjil Wudjil, is a rural town and locality in the Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire, Queensland, Australia. It is an Aboriginal community. In the 2021 census, the locality of Wujal Wujal had a population of 276 people. The community of Wujal Wujal is loc