One of the larger towns of the Cassowary Coast Region in Queensland, Tully sits next to the Bruce Highway at 210 kilometres north of Townsville. It’s also 142 kilometres away from Cairns and 1,569 kilometres away from Brisbane. Originally called Banyan, the town was eventually renamed after the Tully River, which in turn was named after William Alcock Tully, the Surveyor-General of Queensland in the 1870s. Agriculture is the main source of income in the area, with sugarcane and banana being the main crops. Tully is known for being one of the wettest towns in Australia, with an average annual rainfall of over 4,000 millimeters. With that much rainfall, Tully River, with its excellent rapids, makes an ideal spot for white water rafting....
One of the larger towns of the Cassowary Coast Region in Queensland, Tully sits next to the Bruce Highway at 210 kilometres north of Townsville. It’s also 142 kilometres away from Cairns and 1,569 kilometres away from Brisbane. Originally called Banyan, the town was eventually renamed after the Tully River, which in turn was named after William Alcock Tully, the
One of the larger towns of the Cassowary Coast Region in Queensland, Tully sits next to the Bruce Highway at 210 kilometres north of Townsville. It’s also 142 kilometres away from Cairns and 1,569 kilometres away from Brisbane. Originally called Banyan, the town was eventually renamed after the Tully River, which in turn was named after William Alcock Tully, the Surveyor-General of Queensland in the 1870s. Agriculture is the main source of income in the area, with sugarcane and banana being the main crops. Tully is known for being one of the wettest towns in Australia, with an average annual rainfall of over 4,000 millimeters. With that much rainfall, Tully River, with its excellent rapids, makes an ideal spot for white water rafting. Outside the main street in town, there also stands a monument called The Golden Gumboot as a tribute to Tully’s climate.