The residential development occurs to the west of Redlynch Intake Road, while far eastern and far western parts of the suburb are undeveloped bushland on steep slopes rising to 500–600 metres which form part of the Barron Gorge National Park.

[11] The first stage of the Cairns-to-Herberton railway line was from Cairns to a location that was known to the project as the Eight Mile Camp.

[15] The hotel was sold to Joseph Best in December 1888,[16] and passed to Thomas Lavercombe in July 1889.

[17] Subsequent licensees included Samuel Thomas Walker and William Arthur.

Circa 1994, the school moved to a new site further along Intake Road on a former sugarcane farm, opening with 180 students.

[21][22][23] St Andrew's Catholic College opened in 2001,[22] initially offering Pre-School to Year 4.

[25] In 2019, a deadly fungus, poison fire coral, was found in a pocket of rainforest in the suburb.