COMMUNITY EVENT CARDWELL

Cardwell Beachcomber is a beachfront motel and tourist park with a licensed restaurant overlooking Hinchinbrook IslandÂ’s tropical setting located midway between Townsville and Cairns.

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The Cardwell Pioneer Tours are currently operating every Monday and Thursday morning from 10am at the Visitor Information and Heritage Centre located in Cardwell. The tour incorporates all the buildings in the historic precinct and takes visitors on a fascinating journey of the area’s colourful history as they move through each building. The tour begins at the old Bush Telegraph building which was the Telegraph and Post Office and explains how Cardwell was founded in 1864 as the first port in North Queensland. Over in the Courthouse visitors can gain an understanding of the old judicial system. Several interesting items are on display including the original straight-jackets used in Tully to restrain the more energetic offenders. The old lock-up building was still in use during the1980s at the Cardwell Police Station. The final building is the old Shire Hall which the community used for a multitude of purposes included balls and other formal social events. The tour concludes on the balcony of the Visitor Information Centre where visitors can enjoy a complementary Devonshire Tea while taking in one of the best views in North Queensland overlooking Hinchinbrook Island, Gould Island and the Family Islands ...

Bringing artistic expression out into a shared community space, it creates opportunities for everyone to engage with, be challenged by and be inspired by art in its many forms. Set along the Cardwell Foreshore. There will be a great variety of media including pottery, glass, jewelry, furniture, woodworking, fiber, paintings, photography, and apparel handmade by the various artists....

The Cardwell UFO Festival highlights the extra-terrestrial activities around Cardwell, North Queensland and Australia. This annual event begins on Saturday morning with the C-Files forum this forum is the highlight of the festival for many visitors, an informative morning with a line-up of renowned guest speakers talking on unexplained phenomena including local sightings of UFO's, bigfoot and the mysterious Cardwell lights. Visitors can listen to and share their personal experiences of all things unexplained. Saturday night is where the locals party with the visitors at the Alien Invasion costume party. The festival wraps up on Sunday morning with the Cardwell Foreshore coming alive filled with family fun activities, scrumptious food, market stalls. During this festival Cardwell welcomes visitors from all over Planet Earth and beyond the stars to enjoy their little seaside village - Cardwell, North Queensland Australia and explore the Cassowary Coast....

2020 VOLKS Fest on the Reef will be staged in Cardwell along the beautiful Foreshore. Come along and see the impressive line up of VW's and Kombies. Stroll through the stalls, feast on scrumptious food and enjoy the entertainment. Another family friendly event along the Cardwell Foreshore....