Tumoulin
Located 965 metres above sea level towards the southwest of Dyirbalŋan Country, 21 kilometres south-southeast of Herberton, 32 kilometres south of Atherton, 78 kilometres south-southwest of Cairns and 60 kilometres west of Innisfail, Tumoulin acquired Queensland's highest railway station when the Tablelands railway line from Herberton opened on 31 July 1911.
Three days later, the Queensland Government auctioned 59 town allotments in the new township, which possibly took its name from a Dyirbal word for waterfall, although the Queensland Place Names website suggests an Aboriginal word, language and dialect not recorded. The new settlement acquired a Provisional School in May 1914 and a State School, which closed in September 1960, on 1 April 1915.
Much of the locality lies within protected areas, including Tumoulin Forest Reserve, Tumoulin State Forest and Ravenshoe State Forest No 3. Economic activity elsewhere was largely farming on the valley floor, grazing on the lower slopes, with timber-getting and forestry in the more mountainous areas. Logging declined after the World Heritage Listing of Queensland's Wet Tropics in 1988, which also saw the railway line from Atherton to Ravenshoe close. However, the Ravenshoe Steam Railway operates heritage steam train tours on the section between Herberton and Tumoulin.
