Mareeba - Savannahlander - Cairns to Chillagoe, Undara, Forsayth and Cobbold Gorge weekly

Enjoy the hospitality of the outback pubs on this trip. Meals are not included (except at the Goldfields Hotel in Forsayth, where a light breakfast is included), but great value pub counter ... read more

Cairns

Kuranda

Mareeba

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Barron River bridge

A teamsters' camp developed at Granite Creek crossing near the junction of the early tracks to Trinity Inlet and Port Douglas. Here Tablelands pioneer John Atherton built a hotel, which became a Cobb and Co. coach stop in 1882. Granite Creek developed as a tent town for packers, teamsters, prospectors and railway workers. In 1893, it became a centre on the Cairns Railway when the section from Myola to Biboohra was completed. Most of the Myola settlement, including hotels, stores and other businesses, was moved to the new centre. A government survey in 1893 laid out a town centre for Granite Creek, which was renamed Mareeba. The streets were named for local pioneers and for T.J. Byrnes, the Premier of Queensland.