Lamb Range is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

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 ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , 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 Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...

. 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 The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...

(with elevations up to 1200 metres) towards the

Atherton Tableland The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. The principal river flowing across the plateau is the Barron River. It was dammed to form an irrigation reservoir named Lake Tinar ...

. The land use is entirely committed to national parks and reserves. Dinden National Park and

Lake Morris Reserve Copperlode Falls Dam or Lake Morris is a fresh water reservoir dam in Lamb Range, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, servicing the city of Cairns. The dam is located in the range immediately west of Cairns. History Originally Cairns' wat ...

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 Rang ...

) passes through the south of the locality connecting

Gordonvale Gordonvale is a rural sugar-growing town and locality situated on the southern side of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Gordonvale had a population of 6,944 people. Geography Gordonvale lies approx ...

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 Copperlode Falls Dam or Lake Morris is a fresh water reservoir dam in Lamb Range, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, servicing the city of Cairns. The dam is located in the range immediately west of Cairns. History Originally Cairns' wate ...

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.

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Cairns Region Localities in Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub