Gunyarra

Gunyarra is a rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Gunyarra had a population of 30 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded by the Bruce Highway to the east.
The North Coast [railway line, Queensland|North Coast railway line] enters from the south-east and exits to the north. Gunyarra railway station is an abandoned railway station in the south of the locality on the railway line.
The Whitsunday Coast Airport is in the south of the locality, west of the railway line.
The land in the east of the locality is used for irrigated cropping, mostly sugarcane. A cane tramway network passes through the south-east of the locality to deliver harvested sugarcane to the Prosperine sugar mill in Proserpine to the north.
The west of the locality is predominantly used for grazing on native vegetation.

The locality takes its name from the railway station which is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning crocodile.

In the, Gunyarra had a population of 16 people.
In the, Gunyarra had a population of 30 people.

There are no schools in Gunyarra. The nearest government primary school is Proserpine State School in Proserpine to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Proserpine State High School in Proserpine.

On Lascelles Road in the north-east of the locality are race tracks used by the Whitsunday Dirt Riders Club and the Whitsunday Sporting Car Club.