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Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah

The Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah is a special local government area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, east and southeast of Cairns on Cape Grafton.

Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah
Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah · Q8682
The place

The Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah is a special local government area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, east and southeast of Cairns on Cape Grafton. It is managed under a Deed of Grant in Trust under the Local Government Act 2004.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah

Airports
Cairns (CNS), 14 km
  • Maroochydore → Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah
    1305 km · quickest by air, 7h 45m · A$290–430
  • Toowoomba → Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah
    1328 km · quickest by air, 6h 12m · A$310–470
  • Brisbane → Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah
    1375 km · quickest by air, 6h 16m · A$310–460
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextThis small town nestled in the rainforest-covered mountains just north of Cairns draws thousands of tourists each week and is perhaps the most popular day trip from the city.
  • Go nextGreen Island and Fitzroy Island, both resort islands that welcome day trips, are within 45 minutes of Cairns by ferry.

From Wikivoyage: Cairns, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,190 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    2,261 km
  3. 03
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    2,748 km
  4. 04
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    2,936 km
  5. 05
    Togian IslandsID

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    3,206 km

If you know how people move in Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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Next door to Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah

  • YarrabahAboriginal community in Queensland1.3 km