Tully Heads

History

The town and locality of Tully are named after the Tully River, which in turn was named after surveyor-general William Alcock Tully. On 3 February 2011, Tully Heads suffered extensive damage when Cyclone Yasi made landfall, causing a storm surge.

Geography

The Coral Sea forms the eastern boundary, and the Tully River the southern. The beach Googarra Beach () extends along the locality's coast line extending into Hull Heads to the north. Immediately offshore is Rockingham Bay (). It was named on 8 June 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook on his 1770 voyage on the HM Bark Endeavour, after Charles Watson-Wentworth, the Second Marquis of Rockingham and former British Prime Minister.

Most-observed species

• Australasian Figbird

  Sphecotheres vieilloti Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  1,010
• Helmeted Friarbird

  Philemon buceroides (Swainson, 1838) · Aves
  901
• Bush Thick-knee

  Burhinus grallarius (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  869
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  856
• Black Butcherbird

  Melloria quoyi (R.P.Lesson & Garnot, 1827) · Aves
  855
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  835
• Metallic Starling

  Aplonis metallica (Temminck, 1824) · Aves
  692
• Torresian Imperial-Pigeon

  Ducula spilorrhoa (G.R.Gray, 1858) · Aves
  673

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2011-03-15
  30 km NE of Innisfail Estate, Australia