A guide to the Knob
Food scene
YKBC is a small community club, with a 197 berth marina, a bar and restaurant overlooking the ocean, with 45 gaming machines. There is live music weekly and a playground for the kids.
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Yorkeys Knob Boating Club
29 Buckley StYKBC is a small community club, with a 197 berth marina, a bar and restaurant overlooking the ocean, with 45 gaming machines. There is live music weekly and a playground for the kids.
Located opposite the lifeguard on Yorkeys Knob Esplanade. Open for Breakfast lunch and dinner.
Fully licensed with locally brewed beers on tap. Serving delicious 100% wood fired pizzas, and a range of meals to cater for all dietary requirements. Live music weekly and themed events.
Ten 06 Cafe Bar
79 Sims EsplanadeLocated opposite the lifeguard on Yorkeys Knob Esplanade. Open for Breakfast lunch and dinner.
Fully licensed with locally brewed beers on tap. Serving delicious 100% wood fired pizzas, and a range of meals to cater for all dietary requirements. Live music weekly and themed events.
Amazing flavours at a competitive price. Bangkok Street Food and it certainly lived up to its reputation, with great food and helpful staff.
Thai Bangkok Street Food
455 Varley StAmazing flavours at a competitive price. Bangkok Street Food and it certainly lived up to its reputation, with great food and helpful staff.
Fantastic Authentic Thai food
Great service friendly staff
Best Thai in Cairns ! - taken from a review on FB
yorkeys thai
471 Varley StreetFantastic Authentic Thai food
Great service friendly staff
Best Thai in Cairns ! - taken from a review on FB
Really fresh and delicious sushi. Made to order and larger than most places. It's true the owner seems sometimes less than excited at first, but she grows on you - and eventually you enjoy seeing her - review on FB
Sushi J
451 Varley StReally fresh and delicious sushi. Made to order and larger than most places. It's true the owner seems sometimes less than excited at first, but she grows on you - and eventually you enjoy seeing her - review on FB
Cafe Yorkeys serving fair trade organic coffee roasted by “Blackbird Espresso”, fresh juices, smoothies, breakfast, brunch, lunch, cakes and yummy things!
Cafe Yorkeys
471-475 Varley St
Cafe Yorkeys serving fair trade organic coffee roasted by “Blackbird Espresso”, fresh juices, smoothies, breakfast, brunch, lunch, cakes and yummy things!
The tastiest Seafood, Burgers and Pizza's in the northern beaches! Ransom coffee available here..
Tasty at Yorkeys
459 Varley StThe tastiest Seafood, Burgers and Pizza's in the northern beaches! Ransom coffee available here..
Yorkey’s Bakery
453-467 Varley StreetActivities
Yorkeys Knob is the only kite surfing beach in Cairns that gets the right winds and combines it with shallow waters and a wide beach. It has no direct on shore winds. Its wide beach has no coconut or palm trees on it. It’s the only beach in the Cairns area that gets the trade winds suitable for kite surfing, from April to October.
Chris from Kite Rite Australia has been doing kite surfing lessons and recreational kite surfing at Yorkeys Knob since 2000. He knows the beach, its best locations and the conditions.
If you are planning a Cairns kite boarding holiday, or want to learn kite boarding in Cairns, then contact Kite Rite Australia today and we’ll book you in for lessons, equipment and the low down.
Kite Rite Australia
Sims EsplanadeYorkeys Knob is the only kite surfing beach in Cairns that gets the right winds and combines it with shallow waters and a wide beach. It has no direct on shore winds. Its wide beach has no coconut or palm trees on it. It’s the only beach in the Cairns area that gets the trade winds suitable for kite surfing, from April to October.
Chris from Kite Rite Australia has been doing kite surfing lessons and recreational kite surfing at Yorkeys Knob since 2000. He knows the beach, its best locations and the conditions.
If you are planning a Cairns kite boarding holiday, or want to learn kite boarding in Cairns, then contact Kite Rite Australia today and we’ll book you in for lessons, equipment and the low down.
Whether you’re a scratch player or a total beginner, a long-time resident or visiting Cairns on holidays, Half Moon Bay Golf Club offers a challenging golfing experience and relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.
We have 9- and 18-Hole Competitions available 7-day a week, plus plenty of social time slots as well to cater for golfers of all abilities. Before you go anywhere else, make sure you play the friendliest golf course this side of paradise!
Half Moon Bay Golf Course is not a long track, but its tight fairways make accuracy a premium. All holes can be birdied, but make errors and every hole can punish you!
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Half Moon Bay Golf Club
66 Wattle StWhether you’re a scratch player or a total beginner, a long-time resident or visiting Cairns on holidays, Half Moon Bay Golf Club offers a challenging golfing experience and relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.
We have 9- and 18-Hole Competitions available 7-day a week, plus plenty of social time slots as well to cater for golfers of all abilities. Before you go anywhere else, make sure you play the friendliest golf course this side of paradise!
Half Moon Bay Golf Course is not a long track, but its tight fairways make accuracy a premium. All holes can be birdied, but make errors and every hole can punish you!
Launched in 2010, Aroona is a brand new 70ft (22m) motor yacht cruising out of Half Moon Bay Marina at Yorkeys Knob, Cairns in far north Queensland. She has been designed for optimum space, comfort and smooth travelling.
Aroona Luxury Boat Charters
29 Buckley StreetLaunched in 2010, Aroona is a brand new 70ft (22m) motor yacht cruising out of Half Moon Bay Marina at Yorkeys Knob, Cairns in far north Queensland. She has been designed for optimum space, comfort and smooth travelling.
Snorkelling, Diving, Fishing and Spear Fishing Charters to the outer Great Barrier Reef from Cairns Northern Beaches. Trips can be tailored to your liking.
Reefinity Adventures
29 Buckley StreetSnorkelling, Diving, Fishing and Spear Fishing Charters to the outer Great Barrier Reef from Cairns Northern Beaches. Trips can be tailored to your liking.
General Information
Hidden away behind a headland poking out into the Coral Sea, lies one of Tropical North Queensland’s best-kept secrets, Yorkey’s Knob. The laidback tropical atmosphere and feeling of ‘seclusion’ of Yorkey's Knob is irresistible for those looking to escape, relax and unwind. The magnificent sweeping deck of the local Yorkey's Knob Boat Club commands spectacular views of the yachts moored in Half Moon Bay and out to the headland of Trinity Beach. You'll find the Half Moon Bay Golf Club right by the boat club. Those looking to wet a line are well catered for with many good fishing spots around the bay, beach and mangroves. Keen anglers can also hire a boat and anchor off the bay for a day of fishing in the open sea. Yorkey’s Knob is just 15 minutes from the Cairns City Centre and Palm Cove, just under an hour to Port Douglas and only 10 minutes to the turn-off to Kuranda and the beautiful Atherton Tablelands
Population: 2766
The Beach - The swimming area is at the northern end of Sims Esplanade. It is patrolled for six months of the year by Surf Lifesaving Queensland, and has a stinger net to protect swimmers from box jellyfish. There are barbecue and picnic facilities, plus public toilets and showers. The beach is lined with she-oak casuarinas, beach almonds, ballnuts and coconut palms. The beach is a popular for kitesurfing and windsurfing.[
The History - Yorkeys Knob is situated in the Djabugay (Tjapukai) traditional Aboriginal country.
Yorkeys Knob got its name from George Lawson, a Yorkshire-born, Cairns-based beche-de-mer fisherman (From the nickname Yorkey, and the Hill being the "Knob".)
On 10 June 1886, Yorkey Lawson reported the loss of a man and his wife from Green Island. They had left to visit the wreck of the Upolu, intending to return the same day. Lawson made a search for them, but was unable to find any trace of them, not even an accident.
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Yorkeys Knob
Hidden away behind a headland poking out into the Coral Sea, lies one of Tropical North Queensland’s best-kept secrets, Yorkey’s Knob. The laidback tropical atmosphere and feeling of ‘seclusion’ of Yorkey's Knob is irresistible for those looking to escape, relax and unwind. The magnificent sweeping deck of the local Yorkey's Knob Boat Club commands spectacular views of the yachts moored in Half Moon Bay and out to the headland of Trinity Beach. You'll find the Half Moon Bay Golf Club right by the boat club. Those looking to wet a line are well catered for with many good fishing spots around the bay, beach and mangroves. Keen anglers can also hire a boat and anchor off the bay for a day of fishing in the open sea. Yorkey’s Knob is just 15 minutes from the Cairns City Centre and Palm Cove, just under an hour to Port Douglas and only 10 minutes to the turn-off to Kuranda and the beautiful Atherton Tablelands
Population: 2766
The Beach - The swimming area is at the northern end of Sims Esplanade. It is patrolled for six months of the year by Surf Lifesaving Queensland, and has a stinger net to protect swimmers from box jellyfish. There are barbecue and picnic facilities, plus public toilets and showers. The beach is lined with she-oak casuarinas, beach almonds, ballnuts and coconut palms. The beach is a popular for kitesurfing and windsurfing.[
The History - Yorkeys Knob is situated in the Djabugay (Tjapukai) traditional Aboriginal country.
Yorkeys Knob got its name from George Lawson, a Yorkshire-born, Cairns-based beche-de-mer fisherman (From the nickname Yorkey, and the Hill being the "Knob".)
On 10 June 1886, Yorkey Lawson reported the loss of a man and his wife from Green Island. They had left to visit the wreck of the Upolu, intending to return the same day. Lawson made a search for them, but was unable to find any trace of them, not even an accident.
Amenities and services
Friendly Grocer
453 Varley StreetSupermarket
IGA X-press Yorkeys Knob
5 Varley StThe Gifting Gnome
471-475 Varley StreetYorkeys Knob Pharmacy
471 Varley StCellarbrations
469 Varley StGreenroom by Manik
39 Stratford ParadeGift shop
Multy Cut Meats @ Yorkeys Knob
453 Varley StreetButcher
Yorkeys Medical
455 Varley StreetDoctors
Beaches Stanley Practice
471-475 Varley StreetDoctors
We are a collaborative centre offering a range of health and wellness services that keep people moving and manage a range of injuries and conditions, to help you get back to your best self.
Whether it’s from pain, surgery or a health condition, our team of expert health practitioners work together in one inspiring centre to help you optimise your health and quality of life.
FNQ Health Co - Yorkeys Knob
22 Trinity Beach RoadWe are a collaborative centre offering a range of health and wellness services that keep people moving and manage a range of injuries and conditions, to help you get back to your best self.
Whether it’s from pain, surgery or a health condition, our team of expert health practitioners work together in one inspiring centre to help you optimise your health and quality of life.
IGA X-press Yorkeys Knob
5 Varley StYorkeys Knob Tourist Information Centre
8 Rutherford StreetTravel (Car rental, public transport)
Great Barrier Reef Dream Drives
460 Varley Street