Queensland location profile
Mount Peter QLD 4869
Mount Peter is a semi-rural, master-planned growth corridor between Edmonton and Gordonvale in Cairns Region. It offers a quiet, family-friendly setting with mountain and rainforest backdrops while remaining close to everyday services in the southern suburbs of Cairns.
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Why families consider Mount Peter
Family-oriented and outdoors-focused, with a mix of new residential estates and acreage properties. Residents typically commute to Edmonton, Gordonvale or Cairns for work, shopping and services.
Amenities & services
- Sugarworld Shopping Centre (Edmonton, Coles-anchored)
- Piccones Supa IGA Edmonton
- Woolworths Gordonvale
- Mount Sheridan Plaza (nearby)
- Edmonton Family Medical Centre; Gordonvale Family Practice; Cairns Hospital (major hospital in Cairns North)
- Local cafes, pubs and takeaways in Edmonton and Gordonvale
- Edmonton Library, Edmonton
- Gordonvale Library, Gordonvale
- Cairns City Library, Cairns CBD
Transport & connectivity
- Translink bus services along the Bruce Highway corridor linking Edmonton–Gordonvale–Cairns City
- Gordonvale railway station (nearby, North Coast line)
- Bruce Highway (A1), Mount Peter Road, Gillies Range Road
Lifestyle & recreation
- Sugarworld Adventure Park (waterslides) in Edmonton
- Hiking at Walshs Pyramid (Wooroonooran National Park)
- Swimming and picnicking at Behana Gorge and Goldsborough Valley
- Gordonvale Golf Club
- Local playgrounds and walking paths within new estates
- Wooroonooran National Park (Walshs Pyramid, Behana Gorge)
- Sugarworld Parklands (Edmonton)
- Goldsborough Valley, Wooroonooran NP
- Centenary Park (Gordonvale)
Education context
Limited within Mount Peter; multiple centres available nearby in Edmonton, Bentley Park and Gordonvale with generally moderate availability subject to demand.
- James Cook University (JCU) Cairns – Smithfield campus
- CQUniversity Cairns – CBD campus