Discover Edmonton
The district Edmonton of in Cairns (Queensland) is a subburb in Australia about 1,279 mi north of Canberra, the country's capital city.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 31°C / 88 °F
Morning Temperature | 21°C / 69 °F |
Evening Temperature | 26°C / 78 °F |
Night Temperature | 22°C / 71 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 42% |
Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 4% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Wednesday, 6th of November 2024
31°C (89 °F)
21°C (69 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Thursday, 7th of November 2024
32°C (89 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 8th of November 2024
32°C (90 °F)
22°C (71 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Cairns Reef Apartments & Motel
Cairns Gateway Resort
Cairns New Chalon
Balaclava Hotel
Motel Nomad
White Rock Leisure Park
Bel Air Plantation
Videos from this area
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Cairns One Apartment
Chris's Mum June explores the grounds of Trevor and Chris's new apartment at "Cairns One". This luxury apartment block on the edge of the Cairns CBD has 9 swimming pools, communal BBQs, gyms.
Cairns Coconut Holiday Resort - BIG4 Cairns
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Cairns Queensland (Australia)
Cairns is a regional city in the far north of Queensland, Australia, founded 1876. The city was named after William Wellington Cairns, then-current Governor of Queensland. It was formed to...
2008 RAS Challenge - teaser vid
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Sunlander crossing Anderson Road, Cairns
The Sunlander (Brisbane - Cairns) train crossing the Anderson Road, Woree, Cairns at 9:15am after departing Cairns Central on Saturday 16th August, 2008.
South Pacific Discovery: Days 3, 4, & 5
Follow a group of friends on their adventure to The Land Down Under for 20 days and 20 nights. Short series. Day 3: St. Neri's Catholic School, a trip to the Opal Shop, and a cruise around...
South Pacific Discovery: Day 6
Follow a group of friends on their adventure to The Land Down Under for 20 days and 20 nights. Short series. Day 6: First stop: Royal Flying Doctors Service, the medical care for the people...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Trinity Anglican School
Trinity Anglican School is a private Anglican School located in Tropical North Queensland, Australia. TAS White Rock caters for students from Kindergarten through to Year 12 and TAS Kewarra Beach serves students from Prep to Year 7. The motto of the school is Docentes Omnia Servare, which is Latin for "teaching them to observe all things". In 2008 the school celebrated its 25th birthday on Trinity Day.
Gordonvale, Queensland
Gordonvale is a small sugar-growing suburb situated in the southern end of Cairns on the Mulgrave River. At the 2006 census, Gordonvale had a population of 4,420. Once a separate town, urban sprawl has resulted in Gordonvale being subsumed into the suburban extremities of Cairns. Gordonvale was previously called Mulgrave and then Nelson. The name Gordonvale was settled on as a tribute to John Gordon, a pioneer in the district.
Woree, Queensland
Woree is a southern suburb of the city of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The population in 2006 was 4372 people. Woree is next to the Bruce Highway. Schools located in Woree are Woree State School, Woree State High School, Saint Mary’s College and St Gerard Majella Catholic School. There was a popular Drive In movie theatre close by but it is no longer operational. Cairns' major horse-racing track (Cannon Park) is in Woree and also a large tavern (Woree Tavern).
Copperlode Dam
Copperlode Dam or Lake Morris is a fresh water reservoir dam servicing the city of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The dam is located in the range immediately west of the city.
Edmonton, Queensland
Edmonton used to be an independent township supporting a sugar mill, but in recent times has become a suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately 10 km south of the centre of Cairns on the Bruce Highway and within the Cairns Region local government area. At the 2006 census, Edmonton had a population of 8,035. In 1911 a railway station was built in the location and named Edmonton, probably after Edmonton, London, England. The town then took this name.
Bentley Park College
Bentley Park College is a co-educational, state run school located in Edmonton, Queensland, Australia. The school educates students from preschool to 12th grade and first opened in 1997. The school first opened its doors to preschool age students in 1997, followed by the primary school in 1998. In 2001, the school began accepting middle school students (grades 6-9) and senior school students (grades 10-12) in 2002.
Bentley Park, Queensland
Bentley Park is a suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately 9km south of the Cairns CBD (Central Business District). At the 2006 census, Bentley Park had a population of 5,378.
Cairns West State School
Cairns West State School is located on Hoare Street, Manunda, Queensland, Australia. The school caters for students from Prep to Year 7. Cairns West was one of the first Queensland schools to offer a "Prep" year. An Early Intervention class and a Deaf Unit are attached to the School and these facilities provide students with access to specialist teachers. The suburbs around Cairns West State School contain more "Public Housing" than any other suburbs in Queensland.
Cazaly's Stadium
Cazaly's Stadium, also known by its sponsorship name as Bundaberg Rum Stadium, is a sports stadium located in Westcourt, a suburb of Cairns, Australia. It is named after the former VFL legend Roy Cazaly. The stadium is largest oval stadium in Cairns and is used by Queensland Cricket Association, the Queensland Rugby League and AFL Cairns. It features a main grandstand relocated from the Brisbane Cricket Ground in the late 1990s.
Bayview Heights, Queensland
Bayview Heights is a southern suburb of the city of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
HMAS Cairns (naval base)
HMAS Cairns is a naval base of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) located in Cairns, Queensland. Although used regularly as a port-of-call since before World War II, a permanent RAN presence was not established until 1971, when a maintenance and support base for patrol boats was set up. This was formally commissioned in 1971 as a minor war vessel base.
Crystal Cascades
The Crystal Cascades is a relatively unspoilt section of Freshwater Creek, with numerous waterfalls and swimming holes popular with locals and tourists. It is located in a section of the upper Freshwater Creek, in the Redlynch Valley, west of Cairns, in Far North Queensland, Australia. The largest waterhole sits alongside a sheer cliff which locals and tourists climb to jump into the adjoining deep waterhole.
Milmilgee Falls
Milmilgee Falls are found near the head of the Freshwater Creek, below the Copperlode Dam, west of Cairns, in Queensland, Australia.
City of Cairns
The City of Cairns was a local government area centred on the Far North Queensland city of Cairns. Established in 1885, for most of its existence it consisted of approximately 51.5 square kilometres around Cairns itself, with much of the metropolitan area being located in the Shire of Mulgrave. The Shire amalgamated into the City on 22 March 1995, as did small sections of neighbouring shires. In 2008, the City amalgamated with the Shire of Douglas to become the Cairns Region.
St Augustine's College (Queensland)
Saint Augustine's College, known locally as "Saints", is a Catholic boys' high school in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Saints houses boarders both from its own students and girls from Saint Monica's School down the road.
Woree State High School
Woree State High School (WSHS) is a public school situated in the southern suburbs of Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. The school provides education from Year 8 to 12 and has around 750 students. It was opened in 1985.
St Therese's School
The first Catholic School in Edmonton, Edmonton Convent School – was established on the 29th April, 1929, with an enrolment of 30 students. In 1965, Edmonton was established as a separate Parish – St Therese’s Parish, and the school was renamed St Therese's School, Edmonton. The community initially received the services of priests from St Monica's Cathedral Parish, then from St Joseph's Parish, Cairns. The new school was opened by Bishop Torpie in July, 1969.
Sea Swift
Sea Swift is a regional sea freight company, operating from Cairns, Queensland to Thursday Island. The company ships dry and frozen cargo to 12 different islands. This includes a vital supplies of food to remote islands
Saint Mary's Catholic College, Queensland
Saint Mary's Catholic College, (also known as "Saint Mary's"), is a Catholic co-educational high school in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Saint Mary's is a day school, with no boarding facilities. It is situated behind its sister school, St. Gerard Majella, with most St. Gerard's graduates attending Saint Mary's the following year.
Barlow Park
Barlow Park is a sporting ground in Cairns. The Park is home of Cairns District Rugby League, Cairns District Rugby Union, Cairns and District Athletics Association, Australian Sports Commission Development, Oztag and the Northern Pride RLFC. The ground is an IAAF international athletics facility.
Mooroobool, Queensland
Mooroobool is a suburb of Cairns Region local government area. It is located 5.4 km west of the central business district of Cairns, Australia. At the 2006 census, Mooroobool had a population of 6,618. Mooroobool has a mixture of residential dwellings which are mainly houses and commercial properties. Mooroobool has a Campbell’s Super IGA, a police beat and a Westpac bank. Nearby suburbs are Earlville, Kanimbla and Brinsmead.
Desmond Trannore Bridge
The Desmond Trannore Bridge is a road bridge on the Bruce Highway over the Mulgrave River in Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia. The bridge is named after Senior Constable Desmond Trannore, local police officer, killed in the line of duty in 1964. The new 482 m long bridge is 5 metres higher than the existing Mulgrave River Bridge, to improve flood immunity during the wet season. It is also located 30 metres upstream from the existing bridge on a better alignment of the Bruce Highway.
Sugarworld
Sugarworld is an Australian council-owned community water park, located in Edmonton, Queensland. Its main attractions were water slides, pools, and a canteen area. Sugarworld also includes a large amount of land occupied with a large variety of native animals and plant life. In 2010, Sugarworld closed due to safety precautions regarding the condition and maintenance of the water slides, which was judged to be too low to be safe.
Fretwell Park
Fretwell Park is a cricket ground in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The ground held a first-class match in 2006 when New Zealand Whites played Pakistan A as part of the 2006 Top End series. The match was abandoned due to rain, as a result it was decided to replace the match with two List A games between the sides. Soccer is also played on the ground.
Gordonvale railway station
Gordonvale is a railway station on the North Coast railway line, Queensland. It is serviced by several Queensland Rail passenger trains, including the Tilt Train. The station is located directly adjacent to a large sugar mill.