Queensland
Far North Queensland
Cairns

Machans Beach

Machans Beach is a beach and coastal suburb of in the Cairns Region, , Australia. In the 2021 census, Machans Beach had a population of 943 people.
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  • Type: Suburb with 943 residents
  • Description: suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia
  • Also known as: “Machans Beach, Queensland” and “Machans Beach, Queensland, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cairns Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Adz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an in , , Australia. Formerly operated by the Cairns Port Authority, the airport was sold by the Queensland Government in December 2008 to a private consortium. is situated 3 km south of Machans Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stratford and Aeroglen.

Suburb
is a suburb of in the Cairns Region, , Australia. In the 2021 census, had a population of 1,198 people. is situated 3 km southwest of Machans Beach.

Suburb
is a coastal suburb of in the Cairns Region, , Australia. It is approximately 5 kilometers north of the Cairns City centre. In the 2021 census, had a population of 405 people. is situated 3½ km south of Machans Beach.

Suburb
is a suburb of in the Cairns Region, , Australia. In the 2021 census, had a population of 68 people. is situated 4½ km west of Machans Beach.

Machans Beach

Latitude
-16.85195° or 16° 51′ 7″ south
Longitude
145.74922° or 145° 44′ 57″ east
Population
943
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
5RM74PXX+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 279231259
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8348774
Wiki­data ID
Q16894459
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Satellite Map

Discover Machans Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Machans Beach” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Machans Beach”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Machans Beach”. Photo: Sippala, CC BY-SA 2.5.