Woopen Creek, Queensland

Woopen Creek is a rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.

Although the land is predominantly freehold, only the flatter valleys are developed for use for agriculture while the more mountainous areas remain undeveloped.

[4] By 1940, residents of Woopen Creek had agitated for some years to have a school in their district.

[7][8] In March 1951 residents made another attempt to establish a school at Woopen Creek.

[12] In 2005 the Broken Nose Vanilla farm was established, an example of a wider trend of diversifying the agriculture of the Cairns region.

Russell River, boundary between Woopen Creek (foreground) and Bartle Frere (background), 2018
Banana farming along Woopen Creek Road, Woopen Creek, 2018