Myrtlevale is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Myrtlevale had a population of 205 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south-west by the North Coast railway line, but there are no stations serving the locality. The

Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Natio ...

(locally known as Myrtlevale Road) enters the locality from the south (

Foxdale Foxdale (; ; – 'waterfall dale or valley'), also called Balley'n Eas (meaning "waterfall-town in Manx"), is a village consisting of the on the A3 Castletown to Ramsey Road with the junction of the A24 Foxdale to Braaid road and the A40 ''T ...

), slightly east of the railway line. It continues northwards through the locality until it reaches the northern boundary of the locality, where it turns to the west and forms part of the northern boundary until the north-west corner of the locality where it exits to the north-west ( Gregory River). A discontiguous section of the Conway National Park is in the north-east of the locality. Apart from this protected area, the land use is predominantly growing

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

with some

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation. There is a network of

cane tramways The rail network in Queensland, Australia, was the first in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line. In 2013, it claimed to be the second largest narrow gauge network in the world. The network consists of the following lines: *the N ...

to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mill.

Demographics

In the , Myrtlevale had a population of 161 people. In the , Myrtlevale had a population of 205 people.

Education

There are no schools in Myrtlevale. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Proserpine State School and

Proserpine State High School Proserpine State High School (established in 1963) is a public high school in the town of Proserpine in Queensland, Australia. History Campus The school was established in 1963. Since then, several buildings have been refurbished and a num ...

, both in Proserpine to the south.

References

{{Whitsunday Region Whitsunday Region Localities in Queensland