Forest Creek is a

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in the

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

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, Australia. In the , Forest Creek had a population of 136 people.

Geography

The

Daintree River The Daintree River is a river that rises in the Daintree Rainforest near Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland, Australia. The river is located about northwest of Cairns in the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Wet Tropics of Queensland. The area ...

forms the southern boundary of the locality. The watercourse Forest Creek flows through the locality, becoming a tributary of the Daintree River (). The

Daintree River Ferry The Daintree River Ferry (or Daintree Ferry) is a cable ferry across the Daintree River between the localities of Forest Creek, Queensland, Forest Creek and Lower Daintree in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. The ferry is situated ...

carries vehicles from Cape Tribulation Road in Lower Daintree across the

to Cape Tribulation Road in Forest Creek (). The locality contains two section of the

Daintree National Park The Daintree National Park is located 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 park co ...

in the south-east of the locality and in the east. Virgil Island island in the Daintree River in the south of the locality (). It is separated from the mainland by the narrow Brandy and Water Creek (). Apart from the protected areas, the eastern part of the locality are predominantly used for

rural residential A hobby farm (also called a lifestyle block, acreage living, or rural residential) is a smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. Some are held simply to bring homeowners closer to n ...

purposes, while the western part of the locality are predominantly used for

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.

History

The locality was named on 17 March 1984; it takes its name from the creek.

Demographics

In the , Forest Creek had a population of 103 people. In the , Forest Creek had a population of 136 people.

Education

There are no schools in Forest Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Alexandra Bay State School in Diwan to the north-east and Daintree State School in neighbouring Daintree to the south-west (the latter requiring a ferry crossing). The nearest government secondary school is Mossman State High School in Mossman to the south (requiring a ferry crossing).

References

{{Shire of Douglas Shire of Douglas Localities in Queensland