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  Innisfail - Queensland - Australia - Travel - smh.com.au
Located 1631 km north of Brisbane and 83 km south of Cairns, Innisfail is one of the few substantial towns in north Queensland to remain relatively untouched by the tourist boom which has swept the whole area in recent times.
Innisfail is basically a sugar town and its economy is largely dependent on the sugar plantations which surround the town, the bulk sugar loading facilities at Mourilyan and the numerous mills in the area.
Donated to the town by members of the local Italian community it is a reminder that another group to have left their mark on north Queensland are the Italians who arrived in the 1880s to become cane cutters.
www.smh.com.au /news/Queensland/Innisfail/2005/02/17/1108500203428.html   (825 words)

  
  Innisfail, Queensland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Innisfail is a town located in the far north of the state of Queensland, Australia (17°33′S 146°05′E).
Innisfail is approximately 1,631 kilometres (1,013 miles) north of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, and approximately 90 kilometres south of Cairns.
Innisfail's town centre is situated at the junction of the North and South Johnstone Rivers, approximately 5km from the coast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Innisfail,_Queensland   (520 words)

  
 Innisfail, Australia, climate, Information, Hotel, rainfall, Map
Innisfail is 90 Km south of the more popular tourist destination of Cairns but it is more than another roadside stop.
Innisfail is the biggest producer of Bananas in Australia and also grows sugar cane and tropical fruits such as paw paw.
Innisfail is a well kept town with parks and gardens lining the Johnstone Rivers and providing relaxing places to sit or stroll in the tropical heat.
www.auinfo.com /Innisfail.html   (343 words)

  
 The Premier of Queensland Community Cabinet News, Innisfail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
North Queensland hospitals have achieved their shortest surgery waiting times in a decade, as a result of the Queensland Government's $20 million commitment to reduce public hospital waiting lists around the state.
Innisfail's new ambulance station will be co-located with the existing fire station at a cost of $1.76 million, which will also feature upgrades to the existing fire station.
Innisfail and district communities are facing significant changes affecting a number of industries including sugar, fishing and possibly the banana industry and this can put pressure on people and families.
www.thepremier.qld.gov.au /community_consultation/2004/innisfail.shtm   (2842 words)

  
 Cyclone rips into Queensland - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
As emergency teams spread out across the region to assess damage from the worst storm to hit Australia in decades, they were met by scenes of devastation.
In Innisfail, a farming town of 8,500 that was hardest hit, the main street was littered with the mangled remains of iron roofs topped with corrugated tin and shredded fronds from palm trees.
Innisfail attracts hundreds of foreigners each year who take seasonal work in the area's plantations.
www.iht.com /articles/2006/03/20/news/storm.php   (534 words)

  
 Innisfail
Innisfail is a prosperous, colourful town, situated on the North and South Johnstone Rivers, and is surrounded by rich green landscape.
Explore historic Innisfail, a town that was founded more than 110 years ago, on a guided heritage walk and visit a local museum.
Learning/Lessons/Tuition: Innisfail TAFE (Technical And Further Education) college is situated across the river from the town centre.
www.about-australia.com /queensland/tropical-north/destinations/innisfail   (1879 words)

  
 Innisfail Court House - EPA/QPWS
Innisfail was devastated by a record flood in 1913, then by a cyclone in 1918, which destroyed many of the town's timber buildings.
By the 1920s, the Innisfail sugar industry was producing vast quantities of sugar cane and record yields of sugar, and the prosperity thisbought to the town was reflected in the many substantial buildings erected in the twenties and thirties.
Innisfail Court House, designed in the inter-war classical style, is a two-storeyed brick building with a corrugated-iron roof and rendered details to the gables and verandahs.
www.epa.qld.gov.au /projects/heritage/index.cgi?place=601578&back=1   (859 words)

  
 Queenslanders Start to Recover from Cyclone Larry
The category 5 cyclone struck Innisfail, population 8,500, a coastal sugar cane and banana farming town that is a starting point for visitors to this area of the Great Barrier Reef.
Eighty percent of houses in Babinda, north of Innisfail, were destroyed and Mission Beach, to the south, was also blasted by the storm.
Queensland authorities say the most critical assistance currently required is aerial support to make damage assessments.
www.ens-newswire.com /ens/mar2006/2006-03-27-04.asp   (1217 words)

  
 Innisfail, Australia News
Far north Queensland has had plenty of rain to start the wet season and collected a top up as Ex-tropical cyclone Nelson passed through the area last week.
Queensland Local Government Minister Andrew Fraser is standing by his decision to sack an entire council in the state's far north.
THE Innisfail residents hit hard by Cyclone Larry have lost their elected leaders after Johnstone Shire yesterday became the first Queensland council in 19 years to be sacked.
www.topix.net /au/innisfail   (606 words)

  
 Innisfail Golf Club - North Queensland, Australia
Innisfail lives up to its slogan of "Green like you've never seen".
There is much to see and do in the region including beautiful golden beaches, cool mountain streams, rainforest walks, the award winning Paronella Park, crocodile farm, white water rafting, sport fishing, close offshore islands including Dunk, Bedarra and Hinchinbrook Islands.
Innisfail township lies on the junction of the North and South Johnstone Rivers and is blessed with outstanding scenery.
www.innisfailgolf.com /location.html   (186 words)

  
 Innisfail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Famed by the broadwaters of the North and South Johnstone Rivers, Innisfail, well known as a sugar town is good base to explore the Great Barrier Reef and the Atherton Tablelands.
The town was established in 1880 when the Catholic Bishop of Brisbane and 11 Carmelite nuns bought and cleared 10 000ha jungle for sugar planting.
Innisfail is worth a quick look as a reminder that modern Australia was in no way built by the British alone: there’s a huge Italian community here, represented by the handful of delicatessens displaying herb sausages and fresh pasta along the central Edith Street.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/queensland/innisfail.asp   (132 words)

  
 Rain slows relief in cyclone-struck town - Weather News - MSNBC.com
The highway into Innisfail from the city of Townsville to the south was flooded in three different places and there also were fears that the highway heading north could be closed by flooding.
Reporters who flew Tuesday into Innisfail, about 1,200 miles north of Sydney, saw scenes of devastation — rain forest shredded by the winds, acres of sugar and banana plantations flattened, the trees and cane on the ground next to their stumps, pointing in the direction that the cyclone tore past.
Queensland state leader Premier Peter Beattie acknowledged that the cleanup effort was slow, but said significant aid already was reaching residents who lost everything Monday as 180 mph winds shredded their homes and businesses.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11915471   (961 words)

  
 Anglican Communion News Service
The town of Innisfail was most affected by Cyclone Larry, where houses were ripped apart by gusts of almost 300 km/h.
Innisfail parishioners have also had some close calls in the midst of the cyclone.
The Bishop of North Queensland, the Rt Rev John Noble had the opportunity to meet with parishioners from the parish of Tully on Sunday as the cyclone was imminent.
www.anglicancommunion.org /acns/articles/41/25/acns4129.cfm   (437 words)

  
 PM unveils cyclone aid - National - theage.com.au
Speaking during a visit to Innisfail in north Queensland, Mr Howard said the federal government would also provide unemployment benefits to affected farmers and small businesses for six months.
He then moved on to Innisfail, where he met residents, growers and emergency workers in the town's damaged and leaking town hall.
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said what was occurring was the strongest possible co-operation between the federal, state and local governments.
www.theage.com.au /news/national/rain-disease-threat-to-recovery/2006/03/22/1142703392270.html   (972 words)

  
 CNN.com - Howard unveils cyclone aid package - Mar 22, 2006
INNISFAIL, Australia (CNN) -- Torrential rain is hampering recovery efforts in northeastern Australia in the wake of Cyclone Larry, with power and water supplies still not restored in the hardest-hit town of Innisfail and much of the surrounding region.
The highway into Innisfail from the city of Townsville to the south was flooded in three different places and there also were fears that the highway heading north could be closed by flooding, AP reported.
Innisfail is in far north Queensland state, about 1,900 kilometers (1,180 miles) north of the Australia's commercial capital of Sydney.
edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/21/australia.cyclone/index.html   (756 words)

  
 A&A Realty - Real Estate - Innisfail - Welcome
Real Estate in Innisfail: If you are looking to buy, sell, or rent property in Innisfail, North Queensland, look to A&A Realty for all your real estate needs.
Innisfail is a jewel situated where the North and South Johnstone Rivers meet the town in a peaceful setting away from the rat race and yet only 1 hour drive to the Cairns City and International Airport and only 2 ½ hours drive to Townsville City.
A lovely friendly community to live in, Innisfail is supported by rural farming, industrial companies such as Northern Iron and Brass Foundry Boogan Implement Company, Meatworks, two Sugar Mills, T.A.F.E. College, tourist attractions such as Paronella Park, and Tropical Rainforests that provide a habitat for numerous species of rare plants and animals.
www.aarealty.net   (391 words)

  
 www.FAXTS.com - LifeStyle & Destinations - Innisfail - Mourilyan Queensland -
A sugar city for over a century, Innisfail is one of the wettest cities in Australia and was established in 1880 when the Catholic Bishop of Brisbane and a company whose members included 11 Carmelite nuns purchased 10 000 hectares of jungle and cleared it for sugar planting.
Today Innisfail has become a busy town which produces a large proportion of the state's sugar.
The town has a high religous background and large Mediterranean and Italian population which is greatly reflected on the Catholic Church which stands imposingly on the brow of the main street.
www.faxts.com /innisfail.html   (1482 words)

  
 Learning & Development Centre - Literacy (Innisfail Cluster)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Innisfail is a town of approximately 10 000 people situated on the Johnstone river, 90 kms south of Cairns.
Whilst part of the Education Queensland district of Tablelands-Johnstone, this cluster of schools is, in many ways geographically isolated, and as such, has developed a unique character.
Innisfail State High School with an enrolment of approximately 800 students, is the only state secondary school in the cluster.
www.pa.ash.org.au /ldcinnis/profile.html   (192 words)

  
 Innisfail, Queensland - Travelmate
Built at the junction of the North and South Johnstone rivers, Innisfail is an attractive town of about 8000 people, blessed with some delightful riverside parks and picnic areas.
Innisfail, in fact, is a comfortable base from which to explore the surrounding national parks, ocean shoreline and the Great Barrier Reef islands.
Both the Far North Queensland capital, Cairns, and the scenic gems of the Atherton Tableland are within an hour's drive of Innisfail where you can book yourself a berth aboard a cruiser for some reef and big game fishing.
www.travelmate.com.au /Places/Places.asp?TownName=Innisfail_\_QLD   (253 words)

  
 Flying Fish Point Caravan Park - North Queensland, Australia
Centrally located on the coast from Innisfail, between Cairns and Townsville, our Tourist Park is a great base to experience the very best of our beautiful tropical region.
Some of the best fishing in North Queensland with the closest mainland access to the Great Barrier Reef.
Innisfail is not far away providing all services including shopping centres, banking and health services.
www.ffpvanpark.com.au   (245 words)

  
 Zappala Tropicals - Thirty Australian Champions Shaping the future for rural Australia
Together they grow approximately 10,000 tonnes of sugar cane each year and manage a tropical fruit orchard of about 1,000 durians, 600 rambutans, 1,500 jackfruit (used for windbreaks)and 100 mangosteen, plus tropical flowers, heliconias and ornamental ginger on their 140-hectare farm.
Alan readily acknowledges that, while their family has taken a lead role in the new industry, there are others who have been growing durian for over 20 years.
The Northern Territory plantations are generally bigger than those in Queensland, but Alan is adamant that orchard size doesn't matter, as long as the growers are all committed and switched on.
www.rirdc.gov.au /champions/ZappalaTropicals.html   (2493 words)

  
 Queensland Holidays
Explore and discover all that Queensland has to offer in a new way.
See Queensland through a variety of experiences including spas, theme parks, adventure tours and more.
Be allured by what awaits you in Queensland...
www.queensland-holidays.com.au /index.cfm   (112 words)

  
 Barrier Reef Motel - Tropical North Queensland, Innisfail, Queensland Now Online reservations system
You will also enjoy Queensland Beef Steaks char grilled just the way you like to enjoy a good steak and we use only the freshest tropical fruits and garden vegetables to garnish your meals.
Innisfail is just 93 kilometres from Cairns a leisurely 45 minute drive along the excellent Bruce Highway.
You wll find the property on your left as you enter the city from the south and on your right as you pass through the city from the north.
www.queenslandnow.com.au /hotel.asp?HotelID=10585   (514 words)

  
 Mamu Health Service Ltd - Innisfail Queensland
Our Logo: The Barramundi has been adopted because these fish could be caught in abundance by the MA:MU Tribe at the junction of the North and South Johnstone Rivers where the township of Innisfail is situated in Johnstone Shire.
Mamu Health Service was set up in 1990 by the indigenous community in and around the Innisfail Area to take over the management of the outreach medical service operated in Innisfail by Wuchopperen Health Service from Cairns.
Incorporated on May 1st 1990 as a public company limited by guarantee under the companies (Queensland) Code with the company name of MAMU Medical Service Limited.
www.mamu.com.au   (426 words)

  
 KaraduiTrocialFruits - Thirty Australian Champions Shaping the future for rural Australia
Many North Queensland farms are restricted by the adverse weather conditions that mark the tropics.
The Kuradui Estate is situated 15 kilometres from Innisfail in Far North Queensland.
The threat of cyclones in North Queensland is very real, and can reduce a farm built up over ten years to ruin in a matter of hours.
www.rirdc.gov.au /champions/KaraduiTrocialFruits.html   (2370 words)

  
 Eulogy for Mary Wardle 1906-2000, Innisfail, North Queensland
From when we first arrived at the Innisfail Baptist Family Centre in 1981, it was obvious that Mary was the "adopted" Grandma of many in the Fellowship - even some of the adults.
They were married in the Maroubra Baptist Church in January 1932, and moved permanently to the north in 1935 where they lived at Silkwood, South Johnstone and Innisfail.
Mary lived alone after the death of her husband until she was 86 years old, then moved to Warrina Hostel until she had to go into the Nursing Home twelve months ago, where she was lovingly cared for until her death on the 9th January.
users.bigpond.net.au /leslies/Notes/mary.htm   (430 words)

  
 Innisfail, Queensland Public Relations Firms - Publicity Firm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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