Babinda is a rural town and locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. Babinda and Tully annually compete for the Golden Gumboot, an award for Australia's wettest town. Babinda is usually the winner, recording an annual average rainfall of over 4,279.4 millimetres (168.48 in) each year. In the 2021 census, the locality of Babinda had a population of 1,287 people.
Babinda on a typical rainy day
Babinda Sugar Mill, aerial view, circa 1964
World War 1 memorial, Babinda, 2006
Babinda Public Library, 2018
Tully is a town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is adjacent to the Bruce Highway, approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of Cairns by road and 210 kilometres (130 mi) north of Townsville. At the 2016 census, the population was 2,390. Tully is perhaps best known for being one of the wettest towns in Australia, and home to the 7.9 m tall Golden Gumboot.
Tully's main street, Butler Street, 2006
The township of Tully in 1927
Cardwell Shire Council Chambers in Tully, 1930
Butler Street, looking west, 1935