Mt Surprise - 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

Mt Surprise

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Approaching Mt Surprise

Ezra Firth took up Mount Surprise sheep run in 1861. Firth converted to cattle after selling his sheep profitably on the new Palmer River Goldfield in 1873. When the Etheridge Railway was built from Almaden to Forsayth in 1910, the Queensland Government resumed a section of the property for Mount Surprise township. In the same year the Junction Creek telegraph office, built in 1871, was moved to the town.