Location Profiles

Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District

FORSAYTH

Forsayth is a tiny historic mining town situated in central far north Queensland. The town was established during the gold rush of the 1870s to house the terminus of a train line used to transport gold-bearing ore from the Etheridge Goldfield to the crushing batteries of Chillagoe. The train line is still in use today for “The Savannahland”, a tourist train between Cairns and Forsayth. Forsayth offers a peaceful and relaxed outback lifestyle in the rich and fertile environment of the Gulf Savannah.

Population: 90

Queensland Health facilities in District: 10

• Read more about Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District
• Read more about Forsayth’s key health facility Forsayth Hospital

Services

• Forsayth State School (Year 1 to Year 7)
  
• Private air strip
  
• Police station
  
• Railway terminus for “The Savannahland” to Cairns
  
• Hotel/grocery store/service station
  
• Australia Post
  
• Banking facilities
  
• Caravan park
  
• Community clubs, including QCWA

Sporting, Recreation & Interests

• Agate Creek - gem fossicking, Aboriginal art
  
• O’Brien Creek - gem fossicking
  
• Ghost town exploration, including the Gilberton site
  
• Cumberland Chimney
  
• Goldfields Hotel - collection of agates and thunder eggs
  
• Caschafor Park
  
• Newcastle Range
  
• Castle Rock
  
• Cobbold Gorge
  
• Forsayth Gem Fields
  
• Tallaroo Hot Springs
  
• The Undara Crater and the Undara Lava Tubes
  
• Gem fossicking
  
• Sporting clubs and facilities, including the All Sports
• Club and gun club

Location

1,710 km north west of Brisbane
408 km west of Cairns
40 km south of Georgetown

Access

Climate

(Climate graph of Georgetown, 40 km north of Forsayth)

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