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History
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Named after a local fisherman called 'Yorkey' who lived on the rocky hill ('knob') adjacent to Half Moon Beach in the 1880's, the story of how Yorkeys Knob came to be is one that stirs the imagination.
Click here for an extract from "The Knob, A History of Yorkeys Knob" by Mary T Williams, published in October 1986.
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Community Hall And Parklands
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The Yorkeys Knob Community Centre Hall and Parklands in Wattle Street Yorkeys Knob.
The fully air-conditioned plus ceiling fanned hall is available to hire at a moderate cost. Help support your local community centre. More info.
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Festival Of The Knob
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The Yorkeys Knob Residents Association holds the annual Festival of the Knob on the Queen’s Birthday weekend each year as a fund raising exercise.
Held in the well-shaded grounds of the Community Centre in Wattle Street, the festival has live music, jumping castles, giant slides, wandering clowns and a special kid’s swing set up by the SES, plus historic displays and a great variety of stalls including food, arts and crafts, massage, plants, books and second hand clothes.
Help support the local Yorkeys Knob community - more info...
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Welcome To Yorkeys Knob
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Just 10 minutes north of the Cairns International Airport and 15 minutes from Cairns City is the best kept secret in Australia's Tropical North Queensland - YORKEYS KNOB.
This delightful Cairns Northern Beaches destination has everything to offer visitors - safe swimming beaches, restaurants, shopping centre, accommodation, world class marina, sporting activities, car hire and really friendly locals.
Nestled in the cove of Half Moon Bay is the Yorkeys Knob Boating Club serving bistro meals in an open air setting with expansive views of the marina and the ocean from the covered balcony, and a courtesy bus is available. The Half Moon Bay Marina offers 200 sheltered berths for vessels to 30 metres.
Visitors are welcome at one of the most popular golf courses in the Tropical North located at Yorkeys Knob. The picturesque Half Moon Bay Golf Club overlooks the Boating Club and Marina providing magnificent views across the Coral Sea.
You will always be able to find your own piece of paradise on our large expanse of golden palm-fringed beach. The main patrolled beach offers the protection of stinger nets in the summer season. Swim, sail, wind-surf, snorkel or dive on the Great Barrier Reef, or visit the World Heritage Rain Forests and Cairns City - do it all while staying in YORKEYS KNOB. There are regular city bus services, courtesy tour pick ups, and local car rentals.
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Accommodation
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For those who wish to stay & experience the delights of Yorkeys Knob a variety of high quality Yorkeys Knob accommodation is available to suit all budgets, including the following properties:
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Restaurants
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Choose from one of our restaurants and experience Al Fresco dining in the tropics, or relax at home and dial up fish & chips from Yorkeys Takeaway or a pizza from Krokodillos. All tastes are catered for at this Cairns beach paradise.
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Local Fishing Charters
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Getting Here
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Travelling north from Cairns city, or Cairns Airport, continue across the Barron River bridge and through the Machans Beach and Holloways Beach roundabouts until you come to the clearly signposted Yorkeys Knob roundabout a few hundred metres south of Skyrail and Tjapukai.
Turn right at the roundabout and continue for about 5kms. The main access road becomes Varley Street as it enters Yorkeys Knob.
Continuing down Varley Street you will pass the shopping centre on your left about half way down.
At the very end either turn left to the Yacht Club and Marina, or turn right to get to the beach and Sims Esplanade.
Visitor information is available from the IGA Supermarket or the Post Office at the shopping centre, and from local accommodation houses.
You'll probably need a street map so click here to download one. (PDF 430Kb).
Visitors arriving at Cairns Airport have various transport options to get them to Yorkeys Knob including taxi (approx $25), shuttle bus (approx $13), hire car or limousine transfers (from $22 per person).
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Yorkeys Knob Residents Association
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The Yorkeys Knob Residents Association is a community networking forum that allows disscussions and imformation of interest and concern to those living in the community of Yorkeys Knob.
Monthly meetings on the last Tuesday of each month, are held at the Community Centre in Wattle Street. These are semi-formal meeting, and allow everyone to participate and ask questions, raise their concerns and fully contribute to the Association and community events. The next meeting will be held on Tue 24 Jun 2008 at 7:30pm. Click here for the minutes of the last meeting.
The committee is elected by vote annually, and all residents who are current members of the Association, are encouraged to stand for the committee.
There is a $5 annual membership fee. To become a member of the Association, please email residents@yorkeysknob.com
The Residents Association is not opposed to develeopment, but we are against unsympathetic and inappropriate development. Download the latest copy of "Yorkeys Knob Matters", our regular newsletter.
Yorkeys Knob Residents Association
PO Box 256, Yorkeys Knob, Qld, 4878
Ph: 61 7 4055 7742
Email: residents@yorkeysknob.com
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