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Tully is a rural town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] It is adjacent to the Bruce Highway, approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of Cairns by road and 210 kilometres (130 mi) north of Townsville.
Tully Heads is a coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the 2021 census , the locality of Tully Heads had a population of 354 people. [ 1 ]
Tully Gorge is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,338 km northwest of Brisbane. The park forms part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area , identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of a range of bird species endemic to Queensland's Wet Tropics .
Lower Tully State School, 2022 Outdoor area at the school, 2022. Lower Tully State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 6 Collins Road (10] [11] In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 57 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). [12]
In 1900, the Queensland Government passed The Sugar Experiment Stations Act, creating the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations was under the supervision of the Queensland Minister for Agriculture and Stock. [14] In 1968-9, a site was selected in Silky Oak as a suitable site for an experiment station to focus on the needs of the Tully sugar industry.
From the Atherton Tableland at an approximate elevation of 673 metres (2,208 ft) [3] above sea level, the falls descend in the range of 180–210 metres (590–690 ft) [4] into the Tully Gorge National Park, near the town of Ravenshoe. Access to the falls is via a 1.6-kilometre (0.99 mi) graded track.
In 2007 there was a white water rafting accident which took the life of 22-year-old Townsville woman at Tully Gorge. [9] Another man drowned at Tully Gorge while rafting on 14 February 2009. [ 10 ] A 2012 inquest into five deaths on the river due to rafting incidents that occurred between July 2007 and February 2009 recommended that each rapid ...
The Murray Falls are situated in the Girramay National Park, approximately 38 kilometres (24 mi) southwest of Tully, [4] off the Bruce Highway between Tully and Cardwell. The falls descend between 20–30 metres (66–98 ft) [ 3 ] and may be viewed from a boardwalk and viewing platform. [ 5 ]