Lucinda, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Lucinda is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia.

[1] The locality is bounded to the east by the Coral Sea, to the north by the southern end of the Hinchinbrook Channel (which separates Hinchinbrook Island from mainland Queensland), to the west by the Herbert River which flows in the Seaforth Channel and then into the Hinchinbrook Channel, and to the south by Gentle Annie Creek which flows into the Coral Sea.

[11] In 1896, the Colonial Sugar Refining Company built a tramway from its Victoria sugar mill to Lucinda Point where the Queensland Government contracted the Rooney Brothers of Townsville built a storage shed and jetty.

The existing harbour at Dungeness was not regarded as viable due to its shifting sandbanks.

[13] On Thursday 3 February 2011, the jetty suffered severe wave damage during Tropical Cyclone Yasi, but was repaired.

[17] It was at 20 Patterson Parade (corner Waring Street, 18°31′50″S 146°20′02″E / 18.5306°S 146.3339°E / -18.5306; 146.3339 (Lucinda Point State School (former))).

[5] Lucinda is serviced by a convenience store, the Hinchinbrook Marine Cove Resort[23] on the waterfront on Dungeness Road, the Wanderers Village Resort on Bruce Parade and a hotel on Lucinda Point Road.

Jetty at Lucinda Point with Hinchinbrook Island in the background, circa 1905
Jetty near the shore, 2007