Forrest Beach, Queensland
locality in Queensland, Australia
Forrest Beach is a coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Forrest Beach had a population of 1,364 people.
Allingham is the coastal town within the locality. Lady Elliot Reef lies close to the coast, about 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Forrest Beach.
Geography
Forrest Beach is bounded by the Coral Sea to the east with long sandy beaches; it is sheltered water due to the Orpheus and Palm island group. It is bounded along the south-west by Palm Creek and contains the Palm Creek Conservation Park. There is farming in the western part of the locality. The residential development is mostly beside the northern beaches. There is a small residential area beside the southern beaches known as Cassady Beach (18°43′48″S 146°17′37″E) which is named after Francis Andrew O'Connor Cassady who was chairman of the Shire of Hinchinbrook.
Lady Elliot Reef
Lady Elliot Reef is a coral reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef, named after the Lady Elliot, said to be wrecked at this spot in 1816.
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