Location Profiles

Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District

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Mareeba is a thriving community situated on the beautiful Atherton Tablelands of far north Queensland. It is the largest town in the Cairns Hinterland and is at the centre of Australia’s main tobacco-growing region. Aboriginal for “Meeting of the Waters”, Mareeba sits on the banks of the Barron River near the junction of Granite and Emerald Creeks. Coffee, cattle, sugarcane, cashews, macadamias and tropical fruits are just a few of the variety of crops produced in this very fertile area. Mareeba is the administrative and service centre for the Mareeba Shire, offers excellent commercial and recreational facilities, and is only one hour’s drive from the coast.

Population: 8,000

Queensland Health facilities in District: 10

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

Services

• 11 education facilities, including state and private schools (Preparatory Year (non-compulsory) followed by Year 1 to Year 12), special education, TAFE and agricultural education
  
• Childcare facilities
  
• Kindergarten
  
• Shopping centres
  
• Banks
  
• Community clubs, including Lions, RSL, Rotary, ethnic clubs, Blue Nursing, Meals on Wheels and Indigenous
• Community Groups
  
• Library
  
• Police Station
  
• PCYC
  
• Australia Post
  
• Places of worship

Sporting, Recreation & Interests

• Nature walks
  
• Lake Tinaroo - barramundi fishing, water sports, camping, bush walking
  
• Mareeba Heritage Museum
  
• The Coffee Works
  
• The Golden Pride Winery
  
• Becks Aviation and Military Museum
  
• Granite Gorge
  
• Davies Creek National Park and Davies Creek Falls
  
• Emerald Creek Falls
  
• Barron Gorge National Park
  
• Sporting clubs and facilities, including walking, netball, basketball, netball, softball, martial arts, squash, bowls, gym, dance schools, tennis, football, soccer, cricket, swimming, golf
  
• Car Club

Location

1781 km north of Brisbane
64 km west of Cairns
34 km north of Atherton

Access

		Cairns

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