Operated wholly by volunteers since it opened in June 1996 Ravenshoe Visitor Centre is proud to serve the community of Ravenshoe, Queensland, "Centre of the Universe" the friendly town located at the top of the Atherton Tableland. Located 920 metres above sea level the township is surrounded by World Heritage listed rainforest and is the highest point of the Misty Mountains Trails (Walking Tracks). Also known as the Cairns Highlands this area boasts wildlife, birds and attractions found no where else in Tropical North Queensland.

Added to the centre in 2002 the Nganyaji Interpretive Centre, which explains many aspects of the culture of the local indigenous people the Jirrbal. The museum is open seven days a week and entry is free.

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Unfortunately Ravenshoe Steam train "Capella" will be out of action until further notice.

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We won the Tourism Tropical North Queensland 2012 award sponsored by the Hilton Cairns  for "Outstanding Contribution by a volunteer or volunteer group" 

We have a vacancy available for a reliable volunteer - Contact Adrian de Leeuw at the Centre on ph 40977700 or drop in on Saturday afternoon.

FACILITIES 

Ravenshoe facilities include, besides the art gallery featuring works by Winsome Board, four B&Bs, two pubs, two motels, two supermarkets, a butcher, a baker, a pharmacy (last one until Cloncurry to our west), two medical centres, post office, electrical retail & wholesale, home decor, 2 dress shops, a tyre service, two petrol stations, two banks, two motor mechanics, small engine mechanic, two hair and beauty salons, library service, three cafes and a roadhouse, two real estate agents, three internet access points - see the Business Listing.

The Ravenshoe black water dump is easy to find - follow the signs on Ascham Street.

To use the Local Business, Community or Services Guide, look for the type of business, service or trade.

Unique Accommodation		Waterfalls
	Bed and Breakfasts		Little Millstream Falls
	Caravan Parks		Millstream Falls (pictured)
	S/C Holiday Cottages		Pepina Falls
	Motels		Souita Falls
	Hotels		MacKenzie Falls
	All Accommodation		Tully Gorge (Waterfall after cyclones only)
Wild Life		Misty Mountains Trails
	Bird Watching 340 species		Koolmoon Creek
	Platypus		Walters Waterhole
	Bandicoots		Rhyolite Pinnacle
	Possums - 12 species		Djilgarrin Track
	Kangaroos - 8 species		Cannabullen Creek
	Wallabys		Cardwell Range
	Lumholtz Tree Kangaroos		Bally Knob
			Wabunga Wayemba (Charmillan Creek)
Other attractions                                                                       Drives and nearby towns
	Ravenshoe Railway - Heritage Steam Train		Innot Hot Springs - Mt Garnet  - Undara Lava Tubes
	Torimba Festival of the Forest		Tumoulin - Herberton -Atherton
	Nganyaji Interpretive Centre		Millaa Millaa - Malanda
	Art Gallery		Great Tropical Drive
	Craft Studio		Savannah Way - Cairns to Broome
	Lake Koombooloomba – from the Jirrbal language group derived from ‘koomba’, old woman, and ‘loomba’, other woman’s place and refers to a secret place where women met.		Great Inland Way - Hebel to Cairns
	Windy Hill Wind Farm
	The Crater at Mt Hypipamee National Park
			You will find Ravenshoe Visitor Centre at 24 Moore St, Ravenshoe 4888 Lat 17.36 Long 145.29 Open 9 am to 4 pm from end of Torimba in October, November, December, January, February, March and April. Open 9 am to 5 pm May, June, July, August September and until end of Torimba in October. ABN 77 642 342 175