Hinchinbrook Area


The friendly tropical town of Ingham is the administrative and commercial centre for the Shire of Hinchinbrook. Initially established as a result of the district's rapidly growing industries, Ingham has developed from a small, postal town with a population of only 200, to a thriving community with more than 5000 inhabitants in the town itself and more than 12,500 in the Hinchinbrook Shire.

 

Hinchinbrook Shire Population:

12,513

Hinchinbrook Area:

 

 

2,600 sq. km.

 

Climate:

 

Tropical ( wet months November - April)

 

Must See and Do:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wallaman Falls

Mungalla Stud

Hinchinbrook Island

Tyto Wetlands

Broadwater State Forest

Scenic Beaches

Fish the Hinchinbrook Channel

Location:

 

 

 

Ingham is located 110kms north of Townsville and 245km south of Cairns in Queensland Australia

Major Industry:

 Sugar cane cultivation and milling, tourism, cattle raising and aquaculture

Locations in the Hinchinbrook Shire

 

 

Abergowrie, Allingham (Forrest Beach), Bemerside, Blackrock, Bambaroo, Brae-Medows, Coldwater, Cordelia, Forest Home, Gairloch, Halifax, Hawkins Creek, Helens Hill, Ingham, Lucinda, Long Pocket, Macknade, Mount Fox, Mutarnee, Stone River, Taylors Beach, Tokalon, Toobanna, Trebonne, Upper Stone, Victoria Estate & Yuruga
 

For More information on the Hinchinbrook Shire go to http://www.hinchinbrooknq.com.au/