Mighell, Queensland
locality in Queensland, Australia
Mighell is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mighell had a population of 363 people.
Geography
The locality is bounded by the South Johnstone River to the east and by its tributary Bamboo Creek to the west and north.
The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the east (South Innisfail) crossing the South Johnstone River on the Centenary Bridge. Once in Mighell, the highway travels north along River Avenue, and then exits the locality to the north (Innisfail) crossing Bamboo Creek on an unnamed bridge.
The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south (Mundoo) and exits to the north-west (Goondi Hill) crossing Bamboo Creek. There are no railway stations in the locality.
The land use is predominantly growing sugarcane and there is a network of cane tramways to transport the harvested sugarcane to the South Johnstone sugar mill in South Johnstone to the south. There is also grazing on native vegetation in the north-west of the locality.
The land use in the north and north-east of the locality is more suburban in character being an extension of the urban area of Innisfail to the north.
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