Goondi, Queensland facts for kids

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Goondi Sugar Mill, 1930
Goondi Location in Queensland
Postcode(s)	4860
Location	4.8 km (3 mi) NW of Innisfail 87.5 km (54 mi) S of Cairns 264 km (164 mi) N of Townsville 1,601 km (995 mi) NNW of Brisbane
LGA(s)	Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)	Hill
Federal Division(s)	Kennedy
Suburbs around Goondi: Fitzgerald Creek Daradgee Sundown O'Briens Hill Goondi Cullinane Belvedere Hudson Goondi Bend

Goondi is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

Goondi is riverside land wrapped around the southern side of an elbow-shaped bend in the Johnstone River. It is very flat land, being 0 to 10 metres above sea level, and is predominantly used for growing sugar cane and bananas. Reid Creek flows from the north-east of the locality from neighbouring Sundown though to the Johnstone River in the north of the locality. There is very little residential development in Goondi.

The Bruce Highway passes from south to north through the south-western edge of Goondi crossing the Johnstone River at the Sir Joseph McAvoy Bridge, while the North Coast railway line travels from south to north along Goondi's north-eastern border and crosses the Johnstone River. There is a private cane train tramway in the west of the locality, used to transport harvested sugar cane to the local sugar mill.

History

Goondi Wharf on the Johnstone River, circa 1885

The name "Goondi' is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning "elbow", referring to the bend in the river.

The Goondi Sugar Mill opened in 1883, probably located at the end of Goondi Mill Road near the Johnstone River (17°30′32″S 146°00′07″E / 17.5089°S 146.0020°E / -17.5089; 146.0020 (Goondi Sugar Mill) ). It closed in 1987 after being taken over by Bundaberg Sugar.

Education

Although there is a Goondi State School, it is not located in Goondi but at 78 Maple Street in neighbouring Goondi Bend.