Einasleigh - QLD

Einasleigh is only a small community - there are no shops however there is a hotel where you can purchase food. You can also top up fuel here or get food from the roadside caravan takeway, under a massive tamarind tree thought to be more than a century old.This old copper town on the Savannah Way alternate route offers some points of interest. The Copperfield Gorge is a major feature with deep, cool chasms and quiet beaches. The area provides points of geological interest with consecutive lava flows at the Gorge clearly visible. These are at the western end of the McBride Volcanic Province which extends some 80 km northeast to the Undara lava Tubes.Einasleigh is a small town on the banks of the river. Once a copper mining town, today it consists of a pub and a post office as well as a stopping point for the Savannahlander train. Einasleigh is probably one of a very few towns that can boast that a train stops outside their pub on request. The gorge carpark is 500m across the road from the Einasleigh Hotel.