Innisfail

Innisfail is a city in Far North Queensland. Sugar cane and bananas are grown in the area.

Understand

Much of Innisfail was damaged by a cyclone in 1918, and there was rebuilding in the Art Deco style.

Innisfail has a population of 7,200.

Get in

Innisfail from Croquette Point

• 1 Innisfail railway station. The Spirit of Queensland calls here on its way between Brisbane and Cairns. (updated May 2020)

See

• 1 Mamu Rainforest Canopy Walkway. 350-metre (1,150 ft) long elevated walkway, with 37-metre (121 ft) high tower,. 
• 2 Etty Bay. 700m long beach with surf livesaving club and campsite.  
• 3 Coquette Point.  
• 4 Innisfail Temple (Chinese Temple), 10 Owen St, ☏ +61 402 478 008. 
• 5 Innisfail Water Tower. Heritage listed water tower built from 1933 to 1934 by Van Leeuwen Brothers. (updated May 2020)
• 6 Johnstone Shire Hall. Art Deco hall built between 1935 and 1938. (updated Sep 2020)

Do

• 1 Paronella Park, 1671 Innisfail Japoon Rd, Mena Creek, ☏ +61 7 4065 0000. Daily 9AM–7:30PM. Tropical gardens and some interesting buildings. Adults $49. (updated Sep 2020)

Buy

• The Central Shopping Centre

Eat

• 1 Innisfail Seafood, 51 Fitzgerald Espl, ☏ +61 7 4061 1579. (updated Jun 2021)
• 2 Queens Hotel, 78 Rankin St, ☏ +61 7 4061 2028. Art Deco hotel built in 1926. Mains $15 - 30. (updated Aug 2021)

Sleep

• 1 River Drive Van park, 7 River Ave, ☏ +61 7 4061 2515. Campervan site. (updated May 2020)
• 2 Barrier Reef Motel, 2 River Ave. 43 room motel with restaurant. (updated May 2020)

Go next

• South to Mission Beach and Tully
• Northwest to the Atherton Tablelands
• North to Cairns, Fitzroy Island and Green Island

Routes via Innisfail

Cairns ←

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→ Tully → Townsville