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Barron Gorge is a rural
The Cairns-to-Kuranda railway line provides the north-western boundary of the locality and also part of the south-eastern locality. The railway line is used by the Kuranda Scenic Railway tourist service which includes stops at scenic lookouts. There were two railway stations on this line within the locality:
* Springs railway station, now abandoned ().
* Stoney Creek railway station (), situated where the railway line crosses Stoney Creek (), a tributary of the Barron River
There is only one road through the locality, the Barron Gorge Road, which starts in Carvonica and Kamerunga and provides access to the Barron Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station.
locality
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in the Cairns Region
The Cairns Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, centred on the regional city of Cairns. It was established in 2008 by the amalgamation of the City of Cairns and the Shires of Douglas and Mulgrave. H ...
, Queensland
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, Australia. In the Barron Gorge had a population of 0 people.
Springs is a neighbourhood in the narrow centre part of the locality ().
Geography
Almost the entire area of the locality is undeveloped land within the Barron Gorge National Park which also extends into a number of neighbouring localities. The land rises from approximately 10 metres above sea level to the east of the locality up to a number of named peaks, including: * Red Peak, above sea level in the north of the locality (). * North Peak, in the middle of the locality () * Mount Williams, also known as Tokim Peak, in the south of the locality () * Red Bluff, a cliff () The name of the locality derives from the gorge created by the Barron River through the Macalister Range and theLamb Range
Lamb Range is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lamb Range had a population of 0.
Geography
The locality takes its name from the mountain range Lamb Range.
The locality that lies to the west of most of the south ...
.The Cairns-to-Kuranda railway line provides the north-western boundary of the locality and also part of the south-eastern locality. The railway line is used by the Kuranda Scenic Railway tourist service which includes stops at scenic lookouts. There were two railway stations on this line within the locality:
* Springs railway station, now abandoned ().
* Stoney Creek railway station (), situated where the railway line crosses Stoney Creek (), a tributary of the Barron River
There is only one road through the locality, the Barron Gorge Road, which starts in Carvonica and Kamerunga and provides access to the Barron Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station.
History
In the Barron Gorge had a population of 0 people.Attractions
TheSkyrail Rainforest Cableway
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is a scenic tourist cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park, in the Wet Tropics of Queensland’s World Heritage Area in Australia. It operates from the Smithfield terminal () in Cairns to the ...
passes through the locality with Red Peak Station (), a stopping point within the locality which features guided boardwalk tours through ancient tropical rainforests, featuring a 400-year-old Kauri pine tree. There is no entry to the cableway from the locality; its terminals are in Smithfield and Kuranda.
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