Mission Beach – Tully – Cardwell – Ingham –Toomula Leaving Mission Beach we were looking forward to our trip south towards Townsville along the coast. Our first stop was Tully and the ‘Big Gumboot’. Tully is another sugar town, and arguably the town in Australia with the highest rainfall, although it tends to fight fo this title with Babinda. Tully receives over 4134 mm of rain per year and is nestled between Mt Mackay and Mt Tyson and as you would expect it is very green. Tully is the administrative hub for the Cardwell Shire, making it a busy town. There is a distinctly rural feeling to Tully which we enjoyed. Tully, originally known as Banyan, was first settled in the 1870's as a sugar cane and cattle farming town. In 1927 the name was changed
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