Yorkeys Knob

#1585 among destinations in Australia

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Yorkeys Knob is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Yorkeys Knob had a population of 2,759 people. ()

Alternative names: Population: 2.9 thous. (2019)Coordinates: 16°48'30"S, 145°43'26"E

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Day trips

Yorkeys Knob – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cairns Tropical Zoo, Barron Falls, Rainforestation Nature Park, Stoney Creek Falls.

5.4 miNW
Zoo
Cairns Tropical Zoo, Palm Cove
137 min walk • Cairns Tropical Zoo was a 6-hectare tropical zoo in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It had a small collection of native and introduced species, and was a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association. It was owned by the Freeman family.
5.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Barron Falls, Barron Gorge National Park
142 min walk • The Barron Falls is a steep tiered cascade waterfall on the Barron River located where the river descends from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain, in Queensland, Australia.
4.9 miW
Zoo, Outdoor activities, Park
Rainforestation Nature Park, Kuranda
125 min walk • Rainforestation Nature Park is situated five minutes from Kuranda in Far North Queensland, Australia. Set on 100 acres in the midst of World Heritage rainforest, the park opened in 1976. The site had previously been used as a coffee and orange plantation.
5.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Stoney Creek Falls, Barron Gorge National Park
150 min walk • The Stoney Creek Falls is a cascade waterfall on the Stoney Creek located where the river descends from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain, in Queensland, Australia.
3.4 miSW
Museum, Military museum
Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns
88 min walk • The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum is a privately owned museum dedicated to tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery from the Second World War and post war periods. It was officially opened in 2014, in Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
3.3 miSW
Gondola rides over the rainforest
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
86 min walk • Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is a 7.5-kilometre scenic tourist cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park, in the Wet Tropics of Queensland’s World Heritage Area in Australia.
4.9 miW
16°49'33"S • 145°39'7"E
Kuranda Rainforest Journeys, Kuranda
126 min walk • Nature, Natural attraction, Private tours
5.7 miN
Area
Haycock Island, Palm Cove
146 min walk • Haycock Island is an island in Far North Queensland northeast of Palm Cove and about 20 kilometres north of Cairns, Queensland in Trinity Bay. Haycock Island is a few hundred metres southeast of Double Island. The island was formed by a huge earthquake that caused a massive upheaval of the earth's tectonic plates.
5.9 miNW
Neighbourhood
Macalister Range, Kuranda National Park
151 min walk • Macalister Range is a coastal locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Maclister Range had no population.
4.2 miS
Bridge
William Walter Mason Bridge, Cairns
109 min walk • The William Walter Mason Memorial Bridge is a road bridge that carries the Captain Cook Highway across the Barron River at the boundary of four suburbs in Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
5.5 miS
16°53'16"S • 145°44'13"E
Mt Whitfield Conservation Park, Cairns
142 min walk • Park