Innot Hot Springs

Innot Hot Springs
Queensland

Innot Hot Springs is a small town in the Tablelands Region of Far North Queensland.

Location

It is located on the Kennedy Highway, between Mount Garnet, Queensland and Ravenshoe, Queensland.[1] It is 5 kilometers south of Mount Gibson.[1]

History

"Mr C. Spranklin, a settler on the Northern Tablelands for nearly half a century, and the host of Innot Springs"

It was founded by Mr C. Spranklin.

In the 1900s, hot springs from Nettle Creek in the settlement "was bottled and shipped to Europe as a health treatment."[2] Nowadays, the hot springs are open to the public.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Northern Queensland fossicking". Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ravenshoe, Mt Garnet & Innot Hot Springs". Atherton Tablelands, Tropical Queensland: Uplifting By Nature. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Van Driesum, Rob (2002). Outback Australia. Lonely Planet. p. 419. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

Coordinates: 17°40′S 145°15′E / 17.667°S 145.250°E / -17.667; 145.250

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