Etty Bay is a coastal town and a

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in the

Cassowary Coast Region The Cassowary Coast Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and centred on the towns of Innisfail, Queensland, Innisfail, ...

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Etty Bay had a population of 486 people.

Attractions

Etty Bay is a popular beach for locals and

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. It features a swimming net to protect from the seasonal

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. Etty bay also has a prominent

cassowary Cassowaries (; Biak: ''man suar'' ; ; Papuan: ''kasu weri'' ) are flightless birds of the genus ''Casuarius'', in the order Casuariiformes. They are classified as ratites, flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bones. Cassowaries a ...

population that can be regularly seen on the

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Demographics

In the , the locality of Etty Bay had a population of 397 people. In the , the locality of Etty Bay had a population of 486 people.

Education

There are no schools in Etty Bay. The nearest government primary school is Mourilyan State School in neighbouring

Mourilyan Mourilyan is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was established around the Mourilyan sugar mill which provided much of the employment in the area until it was destroyed ...

to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is

Innisfail State College Innisfail State College is a government secondary school and technical college in Innisfail Estate, a suburb of Innisfail, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is a combined secondary school and TAFE facility which opened in 2010 ...

Innisfail Estate Innisfail Estate is a semi-rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Innisfail Estate had a population of 1,454 people. Geography Innisfail Estate is bounded by the Johnst ...

, Innisfail, to the north-west.

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* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Cassowary Coast Region Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland