Download coordinates as: Yabulu is a town and coastal suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

The locality has the following railway stations on the North Coast line: and one at the nickel refinery from which processed ore was carried to the Port of Townsville via the North Coast line Yabulu is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country, nearby Nyawigi Aboriginal country.

Mining at Greenvale took place between 1974 and 1992 during which nickel laterite ore was transported to the Yabulu refinery by rail and processed up until 1993.

[15] The following year, the company increased production by 30%, prompting him to give $10 million worth of Christmas bonuses to staff, including 55 Mercedes-Benz B-Class cars and overseas holidays.

[18] According to the general manager Trefor Flood, this figure had risen to 12,000 t (26,000,000 lb) of nickel per month by early 2010.

[19] World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF) raised concerns that a tailings dam at the site could collapse during the wet season, posing an environmental threat to the Great Barrier Reef.

Palmer blamed poor nickel prices, at a 12-year low,[22] and the refusal of the Queensland government to guarantee a loan of A$35 million, but the ABC reported that Queensland Nickel had donated over $6 million to the Palmer United Party.

[27] Purono Park is a small residential suburb situated in between Yabulu and Bluewater, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the Townsville and Thuringowa urban centres.