Trinity Park, Queensland


Trinity Park is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, the population of Trinity Park was 3,105.

Geography

Trinity Park is one of Cairn's northern suburbs. It is bounded to the north-east by the Coral Sea, to the east by Half Moon Creek and to the west by the Captain Cook Highway. The land is low-lying flat land. The western half of the suburb is freehold land, mostly developed as residential housing. The eastern half of the suburb remains Crown land and is not developed.

History

Trinity Park is situated in the Djabugay traditional Aboriginal country.
The suburb takes its name from Trinity Bay, which was named on Trinity Sunday 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook RN of HM Bark Endeavour.

Education

Holy Cross School is a Roman Catholic primary school for boys and girls in Reed Road. It is operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns. As at 2018, it has an enrolment of 525 students with 36 teachers and 33 non-teaching staff.
There are no government schools in Trinity Park but Trinity Beach State School is in neighbouring Trinity Beach and Smithfield State High School is in neighbouring Smithfield.

Amenities

There is a marina with 108 berths which connects to Half Moon Creek which leads into the Coral Sea.