Eudlo

History

The name of Eudlo originated from the local Aboriginal term for the fresh water eel (Anguilla reinhardtii). Cattlemen and timbergetters came to the area from the 1860s, but land was not made available for agricultural selection until the 1880s. The first selector was James Steele in 1887. In 1891, the section of the North Coast railway line from Landsborough to Yandina was opened. It brought closer settlement to the whole district, and facilitated the transport of passengers, timber, fruit and produce. Eudlo Post Office opened on 1 March 1891. A sawmill was built at Eudlo and large quantities of timber from the Blackall Range, and surrounding forests, were either treated at the mill or railed to other centres. The timber industry was the means of livelihood for the early settlers. Eudlo State School was opened on 6 September 1897. Eudlo General Store is around a century old and has been used as a service station, antique store, grocery store, before being refurbished in 2021 as a bakery. On Saturday 11 August 1951, a stump-capping ceremony was held for the Eudlo Methodist Church. The church was built in 1952 by local builder Stan Carlsen. The church was officially opened on Saturday 16 August 1952. It was at 20-22 Anzac Avenue (). It has closed and been converted to a house. In 1974, the Chenrezig Institute was opened and remains one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist retreat in the Western world.

Geography

Eudlo Creek rises in the south west of Eudlo. Also in the areas is Mossy Bank Mountain, a summit along an easterly protruding spur of the Blackall Range. Eudlo railway station is on the North Coast railway line ().

Most-observed species

• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  8,748
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  8,664
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  8,223
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  7,486
• Welcome Swallow

  Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves
  7,049
• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  6,983
• Pied Currawong

  Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  6,235
• Eastern Whipbird

  Psophodes olivaceus (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  5,906

Most recent

• M 4.9 — 2025-08-15
  12 km ESE of Cherbourg, Australia