Download coordinates as: Silky Oak is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

[5][6] The Bruce Highway also enters the locality from the south (Euramo) crossing the river on the Tully River Bridge about 300 metres (980 ft) east of the railway line crossing, but then runs immediately parallel and east of the railway line through the locality until both exit to the north-west (Tully).

[13] There is a network of cane tramways to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mill.

[15] In 1922, Silky Oak Creek was seriously considered as the site for a sugar mill in the Tully area.

[18][19] Silky Oak Creek State School opened on 1 November 1940 and closed on 31 December 1974.

By working closely with farmers, mill operators, and other stakeholders, it undertakes research and provides advice on improvements in efficiency and sustainability, and explores new opportunities for sugar and other byproducts.