Mareeba Shire is a growing, confident and sustainable Shire on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland. A Shire of diversity with a vibrant, multicultural population and landscapes that vary from World Heritage Rainforest and breathtaking waterfalls to productive agricultural farms and cattle properties. The Shire’s estimated population of just over 22,000, is dispersed across 53,457km2. Most of the Shire’s population resides in the Mareeba and Kuranda townships with the remaining 6,000 people in the many small, rural and remote communities including Chillagoe, Almaden, Petford, Dimbulah, Mutchilba, Koah, Speewah, Biboohra, Mt Molloy, Julatten, Mt Carbine, Irvinebank and Watsonville.
A growing, confident and sustainable Shire
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Australia Day Award Recipients 2023
Lindie Boonzaaier | Featured, Latest from Council, News | No CommentsImage Gallery: See bottom of the pageAt Council's annual Australia Day Awards Ceremony on Thursday,…

Progress Update: Parks and Open Spaces Action Plan
Lindie Boonzaaier | Featured, Latest from Council, News | No CommentsParks and Open Spaces Action Plan Council's Parks and Open Spaces Strategy and Action Plan…

Upcoming Free Green Waste Disposal Days (Domestic Only)
Lindie Boonzaaier | Latest from Council, News | No CommentsMareeba Shire Council has set dates for Free Green Waste Disposal. This is for clean…
January 27, 2023 in News
Items of Interest – Council Meeting 25 January 2023
COUNCIL INVESTIGATES FUTURE OPTIONS FOR THE MAREEBA AIRPORT At the Ordinary Council Meeting on Wednesday,…
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January 26, 2023 in Featured, Latest from Council, News
Australia Day Award Recipients 2023
Image Gallery: See bottom of the pageAt Council's annual Australia Day Awards Ceremony on Thursday,…
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January 25, 2023 in Featured, Latest from Council, News
Progress Update: Parks and Open Spaces Action Plan
Parks and Open Spaces Action Plan Council's Parks and Open Spaces Strategy and Action Plan…
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January 23, 2023 in News
Have your say – Mareeba Heavy Vehicle Bypass
Mareeba residents and road users are encouraged to complete the Department of Transport & Main…
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January 20, 2023 in Latest from Council, News
Upcoming Free Green Waste Disposal Days (Domestic Only)
Mareeba Shire Council has set dates for Free Green Waste Disposal. This is for clean…
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- Community Events
- Council Events
Art on the Barron Workshops 12 May 2023
Event date: 12/05/2023
Art on the Barron Workshops 11 May 2023
Event date: 11/05/2023
Art on the Barron Workshops 10 May 2023
Event date: 10/05/2023
Art on the Barron Workshops 9 May 2023
Event date: 09/05/2023
Art on the Barron Workshops
Event date: 08/05/2023
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 02/02/2023
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 09/03/2023
Mareeba Touch Football Carnival
Event date: 12/11/2022
Free Aged Care and Advocacy session
Event date: 20/10/2022
Electrical Safety Office – Morning tea with the Commissioner
Event date: 02/11/2022
Kuranda Colour Fest
Event date: 08/10/2022
Mareeba Community NAIDOC Day 2022
Event date: 15/10/2022
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 13/10/2022
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 10/11/2022
Make, Bake Grow Markets
Event date: 13/08/2022
Irvinebank Festival 2022
Event date: 05/08/2022
Long Tan/Vietnam Veterans’ Day
Event date: 18/08/2022
A Braw Scots Dinner & Ceilidh Under The Stars
Event date: 06/08/2022
Irvinebank Festival 2022
Event date: 07/08/2022
Irvinebank Festival 2022
Event date: 06/08/2022
Barron River Challenge 20/50
Event date: 27/06/2023
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 21/07/2022
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 18/08/2022
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 15/09/2022
Mareeba Electrical Safety Community Forum
Event date: 02/06/2022
Mareeba Lions Childhood cancer Research Foundation 2022 Metrogaine
Event date: 19/06/2022
Mareeba Tennis Club – Mazda Mareeba Club Tournament
Event date: 21/08/2022
Mareeba Tennis Club – Mazda Mareeba Club Tournament
Event date: 20/08/2022
Mareeba Tennis Club – Mazda Mareeba Club Tournament
Event date: 19/08/2022
Mareeba Tennis Club – Savannah Slam
Event date: 24/07/2022
Mareeba Tennis Club – Savannah Slam
Event date: 23/07/2022
Mareeba Tennis Club – Rodeo American Tournament
Event date: 03/07/2022
Mareeba Tennis Club – Peninsula Primary Schools Trials
Event date: 21/06/2022
Mareeba Tennis Club – Peninsula Primary Schools Trials
Event date: 20/06/2022
Mareeba Tennis Club – Community Challenge
Event date: 18/06/2022
National Simultaneous Storytime at your local library
Event date: 25/05/2022
Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea – Mt Carbine Rodeo Association Incorporated
Event date: 28/05/2022
Earth Day Clean Up Mareeba
Event date: 22/04/2022
Mareeba Shire Services Expo
Event date: 07/04/2022
Cairns Italian Festival – Various Locations – 28 July to 6 August 2022
Event date: 29/07/2022
Art on the Barron
Event date: 05/09/2022
Mareeba Markets
Event date: 12/02/2022
Mareeba Markets
Event date: 12/03/2022
Mareeba Markets
Event date: 09/04/2022
Mareeba Markets
Event date: 30/04/2022
Mareeba Markets
Event date: 14/05/2022
Mareeba Markets
Event date: 11/06/2022
Mareeba Markets
Event date: 09/07/2022
St Thomas P&F Mareeba Markets
Event date: 13/08/2022
St Thomas P&F Mareeba Markets Open Day
Event date: 30/07/2022
St Thomas P&F Mareeba Markets
Event date: 10/09/2022
St Thomas P&F Mareeba Markets
Event date: 08/10/2022
St Thomas P&F Mareeba Markets
Event date: 29/10/2022
St Thomas P&F Mareeba Markets
Event date: 12/11/2022
St Thomas P&F Mareeba Markets
Event date: 10/12/2022
BreastScreen Queensland – Mobile Service – Mareeba
Event date: 07/02/2022
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 02/06/2022
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 31/03/2022
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 28/04/2022
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 17/02/2022
Women’s Health Clinic
Event date: 30/06/2022
Great Wheelbarrow Race 2022!
Event date: 22/05/2022
Great Wheelbarrow Race 2022!
Event date: 21/05/2022
Great Wheelbarrow Race 2022!
Event date: 20/05/2022
Do you have an event, festival, celebration or important date that the Mareeba Shire community would like to know about?
Your event will appear on the calendar once it is approved by our team.