Lamb Range is a
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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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, subdivision_type = Country
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, establishe ...
, 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 southern suburbs of
Cairns. It is undeveloped mountainous land rising from the coastal plains (elevation of less than 50 metres above sea level) up through the
Great Dividing Range (with elevations up to 1200 metres) towards the
Atherton Tableland. The land use is entirely committed to national parks and reserves. Dinden National Park and
Lake Morris Reserve are in the north of the locality with Little Mulgrave National Park in the south. A small area in the west is in the
Danbulla National Park.
There is only one road through the locality. The Gillies Range Road (also known as the
Gillies Highway
The Gillies Highway is a road that runs from Gordonvale in the Cairns Region through the Gillies Range (part of the Great Dividing Range) to Atherton in the Tablelands Region, both in Queensland, Australia. It is also known as the Gillies Ra ...
) passes through the south of the locality connecting
Gordonvale
Gordonvale is a rural sugar-growing town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality situated on the southern side of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Gordonvale had a populati ...
in the Cairns Region with
Atherton in the
Tablelands Region
The Tablelands Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas which dated back more than a century. On 1 January ...
. Lake Morris Road commences in
Kanimbla and passes through
Mooroobool and then travels through Lamb Range to
Lake Morris but does not extend beyond the dam.
Attractions
The Gillies Range Road is a long road which ranges from an elevation of 20 metres to 820 metres. The road is winding with 263 corners and has a number of lookouts.
References
External links
Cairns Region
Localities in Queensland
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