[4] In 1884, the Cutten brothers (Frederick, Leonard, Sydney and James) established the first commercial tea plantation in Australia on their Bicton estate at Bingil Bay, also growing coffee, mangoes, bananas, pineapples and other tropical fruit.

[10] In 1921, an overland connection was created from El Arish (a distance of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away) but it was only usable by a dray and the journey took most of the day.

[9] The area was formerly known as Clump Point (the name of a nearby headland) until 1929 when a post office called Bingal Bay was established.

[11] On 9 July 1936, the road from El Arish to Bingil Bay was finally completed, reducing the travel time to 30 minutes.

It was officially opened by Percy Pease, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Herbert.