Holloways Beach, Queensland

Holloways Beach
Cairns, Queensland
Holloways Beach
Holloways Beach is located in Queensland
Holloways Beach
Holloways Beach
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Coordinates16°50′18″S 145°43′55″E / 16.8383°S 145.7319°E / -16.8383; 145.7319 (Holloways Beach (centre of suburb))
Population2,398 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density303.5/km2 (786/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4878
Area7.9 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Cairns Region
State electorate(s)Barron River
Federal division(s)Leichhardt
Suburbs around Holloways Beach:
Yorkeys Knob Yorkeys Knob Coral Sea
Barron Holloways Beach Coral Sea
Barron Machans Beach Machans Beach
Beach, with signs of erosion, 2018
Boat ramp into Richters Creek, 2018
Picnic shelters in the foreshore park, 2018

Holloways Beach is a northern coastal suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is located about 10 kilometres north of the city of Cairns between the suburbs of Machans Beach and Yorkeys Knob. In the 2021 census, Holloways Beach had a population of 2,398 people.[1]

Holloways Beach is impacted by noise from Cairns International Airport, which keeps real estate prices in check. From October 2023 to September 2024 the median price for houses has been $587,500 and for units $281,500. In 2022 the values were $540,000 and $259,000 respectively. However, waterfront properties come also here at a premium, with house well above the million dollar mark.[2][3]

Geography

The southeastern border with Machans Beach roughly follows Barr Creek, the opposite northwestern border with Yorkeys Knob is formed by Richter Creek. The southwestern border with the suburb of Barron follows the Captain Cook Highway. Directly on the other side of the highway is a sand quarry. The northeastern border is formed by the beach from which the suburb derives its name. It is approximately 1.8 kilometres long. About midpoint on the beach there is a stinger-resistant swimming enclosure. Stingers, more formally known as box jellyfish, pose a danger in the first half of the calendar year.

The beach s subject to heavy erosion. Since ca. 2020 several million dollars have been invested to save the beach. This includes the creation of two 30-metre rock groynes. This has not helped a lot, therefore more money is spent to replace the sand ("sand nourishment").[4]

On the coast the land-use is mostly residential. From about 1300 metres inland farming is predominant.

History

Holloways Beach is situated in the traditional Djabugay (Tjapukai) Aboriginal country.[5]

Richard Holloway came to Cairns in 1910 and was farming in the area in 1926. The area was officially named Holloway in 1951 by the Queensland Surveyor-General, renamed Holloway Beach in 1971 and then Holloways Beach in 1981. In 2002, the area was gazetted as a suburb of Cairns rather than as a rural locality.[6]

Land was acquired in October 1951 for a school.[7] However, in December 1951, a school bus service was established to take the students to Cairns Intermediate School and Cairns North State School.[8] In October 1954, the Queensland Government allocated £2341 to relocate Woree's school buildings to Holloway's Beach and then repair and repaint the buildings.[9] Holloway's Beach State School opened on 23 May 1955. It closed on 13 June 1966.[10]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, the suburb of Holloways Beach had a population of 2,347 people.[11]

In the 2021 census, the suburb of Holloways Beach had a population of 2,398 people.[1]

Education

School children now attend Machans Beach State School or other schools further away. Holloways Beach is in the catchment area for Cairns High School.[12]

Holloways Beach has also a Environmental Education Centre.[13]

Amenities

Holloways Beach is served by a Spar convenience store on Holloways Beach Road, which also sells fishing bait and does Lotto, and a Liquorland on Oleander Street. Right beside Liquorland is Code Cairns, a cocktail bar and restaurant with middle-eastern influences which is open until late. Strait on the Beach is the other premier hospitality venue of the suburb. Also a pizza joint is close to the bottle shop. A take away and a hair dresser are immediately next to the Spar. The closest major shopping centre is in Smithfield.

Holloways Beach has a Community Hall capable of seating up to 80 people.[14]

A boat ramp into Richters Creek on the northern boundary of the suburb at Acacia Street is managed by the Cairns Regional Council.[15] There are warning signs about crocodiles near the boat ramp.

The Holloways Beach SES Group meets at the Syd and Jane Granville Memorial Park in Cassia Street.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Holloways Beach (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Cairns Airport Flight Paths", Airservices Australia, per 23 October 2024
  3. ^ Holloways Beach - House price guide, realestate.com.au, 23 October 2024, previous 28. February 2023
  4. ^ "Sand nourishment works to tackle Holloways Beach erosion", Cairns Regional Council, 22 February 2023
  5. ^ "First people cultural history". Cairns Regional Council. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Holloways Beach – suburb in Cairns Region (entry 48672)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. ^ "HOLLOWAY'S BEACH TO HAVE SCHOOL". Cairns Post. No. 15, 476. Queensland, Australia. 15 October 1951. p. 5. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "CHILDREN'S BUS SERVICE". Cairns Post. No. 15, 523. Queensland, Australia. 8 December 1951. p. 5. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "NORTHERN LOANS AND WORKS". Cairns Post. No. 16, 410. Queensland, Australia. 15 October 1954. p. 7. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  11. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Holloways Beach (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  12. ^ "School catchment maps". Department of Education. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Landmark Areas - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Community Halls". Cairns Regional Council. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Boating facilities in Queensland listed by district and local government area" (PDF). Queensland Government. 28 November 2016. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Emergency services facilities - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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