Yarrabah
Yarrabah is a coastal town and locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah, Queensland, Australia.
Yarrabah is a coastal town and locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah, Queensland, Australia. It is an Aboriginal community. In the 2021 census, the locality of Yarrabah had a population of 2,505 people.
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Worth seeing in and around Yarrabah
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01False Cape Battery
False Cape Battery is a heritage-listed fortification at Yarrabah Road, East Trinity, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1942 to 1943 during World War II. It is also known as Leper Bay.
4.4 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Hydrographic Survey Bench Mark, East Trinity
Hydrographic Survey Bench Mark is a heritage-listed survey marker at Bessie Point, off Pine Creek-Yarrabah Road, East Trinity, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Royal Navy and built in 1878 by Royal Navy.
5.9 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Yarrabah
- Airports
- Cairns (CNS), 13 km
- Maroochydore → Yarrabah1305 km · quickest by air, 7h 45m · A$290–430
- Toowoomba → Yarrabah1329 km · quickest by air, 6h 12m · A$310–470
- Brisbane → Yarrabah1376 km · quickest by air, 6h 16m · A$310–460
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No local-transport research exists yet for 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 Yarrabah. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Yarrabah
- Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabahlocal government area of Queensland, Australia1.5 km