Kewarra Beach


Kewarra Beach is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 5,652.

Geography

Kewarra Beach is bordered by the Coral Sea to the east and Kuranda National Park to the west. The Captain Cook Highway passes through the suburb from the south-west to the north.

History

Kewarra Beach is situated in the Djabugay traditional Aboriginal country. The origin of the suburb name is from an Aboriginal word 'kewarra', meaning 'at the foot
of the rainbow'.
The area was primarily utilised for growing sugar cane until the suburb was developed in the 1970s and 90s. The western side of the highway was developed with a golf course with housing to the north and south.
Trinity Anglican School opened its Kewarra Beach campus in 2002.

Facilities

A small shopping centre is located on Poolwood Road.
The foreshore reserve, Pelican Park, adjoins the beach. It has a swimming enclosure that excludes marine stingers at the north end. Other reserves include Brolga Park and Crocodile Park.
Tourist-oriented developments include Kewarra Beach Resort and Paradise Palms Country Club and Resort.

Education

Trinity Anglican School is a private primary campus at Poolwood Road of the Trinity Anglican School at White Rock.

Transport

Kewarra Beach is north of Cairns via the Captain Cook Highway. Sunbus bus route 111 originates on Cottlesloe Drive and terminates at Cairns Central Shopping Centre via Trinity Beach and Trinity Park.