The Shire’s estimated resident population of 22,000 is dispersed across 53,457 km2. Mareeba, with a district population of over 10,000, is the main commercial and administrative centre and lies 64 km south west of Cairns. Most of the shire’s remaining population reside in and around smaller towns and districts including Kuranda, Koah, Speewah, Biboohra, Mt Molloy, Julatten, Mt Carbine, Mutchilba, Dimbulah, Irvinebank, Watsonville, Almaden and Chillagoe.
A growing, confident and sustainable Shire
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April 7, 2020 in Covid-19, General News, Latest from Council, Library Events & Activities
Controlled Borrowing Service
Mareeba Shire Council will be introducing a service to allow users to borrow their favourite…
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April 1, 2020 in Covid-19, Featured, General News, Latest from Council, Public Notices
Think Before You Flush
Council is reminding residents to think before they flush. Large amounts of solid material is…
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March 26, 2020 in Featured, General News, Public Notices
COVID-19 Travel Permit
As a result of action taken by other agencies to prevent the spread of COVID-19…
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March 20, 2020 in General News, Latest from Council
Spike in Dog Attacks
Mareeba Shire Council is pleading with pet owners to be responsible following a recent increase…
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March 18, 2020 in General News, Latest from Council
NewsBites: March Council Meeting 2020
Items of interest from Council's ordinary meeting held on Wednesday 18 March 2020. FUNDING…
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- Community Events
- Council Events
Books Sale
Event date: 07/03/2020
Dimbulah Lions Festival 2020
Event date: 30/05/2020
Chillagoe Rodeo
Event date: 09/05/2020
Bling and Blue Jeans Dinner Dance
Event date: 21/03/2020
Yungaburra Triathlon 2020
Event date: 05/04/2020
Library Lovers’ Day
Event date: 13/02/2020
Australia Day Awards and Citizenship Ceremony
Event date: 26/01/2020
Family Fun Day at Dimbulah
Event date: 26/01/2020
Australia Day Citizenship and Awards Ceremony 2020
Event date: 26/01/2020
Rotary Carols By Candlelight
Event date: 01/12/2019
Festival of Small Halls
Event date: 17/11/2019
Julatten Family Fun Day
Event date: 16/11/2019
Australian Pollinator Week
Event date: 14/11/2019
FlexiChoice Art Show
Event date: 01/11/2019
Remembrance Day
Event date: 11/11/2019
Mareeba Chamber of Commerce Awards 2019
Event date: 26/10/2019
Rotary 75th Anniversary Ball
Event date: 09/11/2019
Galactic Slime at Dimbulah Library
Event date: 26/09/2019
Sporting Royalty
Event date: 18/10/2019
School Holiday Fun at Kuranda Library
Event date: 25/09/2019
Green Thumbs
Event date: 25/09/2019
Kokedama for TEENS
Event date: 02/10/2019
Tablelands Relay for Life
Event date: 19/10/2019
Runway 19
Event date: 19/10/2019
Reconciliation Film Night
Event date: 05/10/2019
Mareeba Worksers Club Annual Bike Show
Event date: 24/08/2019
FNQ Growers Dinner
Event date: 06/09/2019
Feast of Our Lady of The Chain
Event date: 08/09/2019
Reading Hour Parent Workshop
Event date: 17/09/2019
Cardiac Challenge 2019
Event date: 22/09/2019
Mareeba Annuals
Event date: 07/09/2019
Mareeba Rotary Bendigo Bank Fun Run and Walk
Event date: 18/08/2019
Kokedama Ball Workshop
Event date: 12/08/2019
BreastScan Queensland Mobile Service
Event date: 05/09/2019
Mt Molloy Community Morning Tea
Event date: 19/08/2019
Seniors Week at Kuranda Library
Event date: 21/08/2019
Seniors Week Morning Tea
Event date: 23/08/2019
The Great Moscow Circus
Event date: 26/07/2019
Mareeba State School Community Fete
Event date: 01/08/2019
Pink Ribbon Garden Party
Event date: 17/08/2019
Hidden Rocks at Kuranda Library
Event date: 10/07/2019
John Moffat Festival
Event date: 13/07/2019
Magic Show
Event date: 11/07/2019
Targa Great Barrier Reef
Event date: 31/08/2019
Reef to Reef
Event date: 08/08/2019
MBWC Small Business Week
Event date: 07/06/2019
Holiday Craft at Dimbulah Library
Event date: 11/07/2019
Holiday Craft at Dimbulah Library
Event date: 04/07/2019
Monster Festival of Fire
Event date: 29/06/2019
Koah’s Ark Grand Opening
Event date: 01/06/2019
Country Halls Tour Dimbulah
Event date: 03/08/2019
Sass My Trash
Event date: 18/05/2019
Mareeba Military Muster 2019
Event date: 10/08/2019
Tablelands Relay For Life
Event date: 19/10/2019
Chillagoe Rodeo
Event date: 11/05/2019
Julatten Theatre Group – One Act Play
Event date: 10/05/2019
Stay Connected – Free Digital Learning Classes
Event date: 13/05/2019
Mt Carbine’s Biggest Morning Tea
Event date: 25/05/2019
Rotary FNQ Field Days
Event date: 29/05/2019
Mareeba Rodeo Cowpokes Markets and Cent Sale
Event date: 29/06/2019
Mareeba Rodeo Ute Muster
Event date: 13/07/2019
Mareeba Rodeo Woodchops
Event date: 13/07/2019
Crazy Ant Hunt
Event date: 01/06/2019
Breakthrough
Event date: 07/05/2019
Northern Nats
Event date: 04/05/2019
McDonald’s Great Wheelbarrow Race
Event date: 17/05/2019
Car Boot Sale
Event date: 26/05/2019
Flicks for Floods
Event date: 28/04/2019
Anzac Day 2019
Event date: 25/04/2019
Family Fun Metrogaine
Event date: 16/06/2019
Kuranda Easter in the Park
Event date: 20/04/2019
Chillagoe Festival
Event date: 19/07/2019
Christmas in July
Event date: 28/07/2019
Dimbulah Lions Festival
Event date: 25/05/2019
Mareeba Multicultural Festival
Event date: 31/08/2019
Mareeba Rodeo
Event date: 13/07/2019
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