Whyanbeel is a rural locality in the

Shire of Douglas The Shire of Douglas is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Far North Queensland, Far North Queensland. It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mo ...

, Queensland, Australia. In the , Whyanbeel had a population of 160 people.

Geography

Most of the locality (particularly in the north) is undeveloped heavily forested mountainous land with elevations of typically above sea level with the highest peak, the Pinnacle at at . It is within the

Daintree National Park The Daintree rainforest is a national park in Far North Queensland, Australia, northwest of Brisbane and northwest of Cairns. It was founded in 1981 and is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland. In 1988 it became a World Heritage Site. The par ...

. Around the southern boundaries of the locality, the land is low-lying at approximately and used for farming

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) 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 ...

and tropical fruit. The southern areas are watered by Whyanbeel Creek and its tributary Chinaman Creek. In the farming land there are cane tramways to transport the harvested sugarcane to the Mossman Sugar Mill.

History

The name ''Whyanbeel'' means canoe in an Aboriginal language (possibly Yindinyji) and was recorded on 6 December 1873 by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple.

Education

There are no schools in Whyanbeel. The nearest primary school is in neighbouring Miallo. The nearest secondary school is in Mossman.

References

{{Shire of Douglas Shire of Douglas Localities in Queensland