Quick Answers
What is the Avenue of Honour?
An avenue of silky oak trees planted after the First World War to honour local people who served.
Where is the Avenue of Honour?
On the southern edge of Ravenshoe.
What will I see?
Each tree carries a small plaque with a name, and the orange flowers draw birds when in bloom.
“The Avenue of Honour in Ravenshoe stands quietly at the edge of town, and walking beneath it feels like walking through something that was built entirely out of grief and love.”
Ravenshoe’s Avenue of Honour: A Living Memorial on the Tablelands
On the southern edge of Ravenshoe, Queensland’s highest town, stands one of the most moving memorials in Far North Queensland — the Avenue of Honour, a long avenue of silky oak trees planted after the First World War to commemorate the men and women from the district who served. Each tree was dedicated to a specific person, their name marked on a small plaque at its base, and the avenue has matured over the decades into an extraordinary piece of living history.
The trees themselves are remarkable — tall, spreading silky oaks that form a canopy over the avenue in full bloom, their distinctive orange flowers attracting birds and dappling the light below. Walking the full length of the avenue is a quiet, contemplative experience. The plaques tell individual stories: the local farmers, the stockmen, the shopkeepers who left the Tablelands for distant conflicts and, in too many cases, never came home.
Ravenshoe itself — at 930 metres the highest town in Queensland — is worth visiting for its own sake. The surrounding country is open, windy, and distinctly different in character from the rainforest Tablelands to the east. It’s a place with its own personality: cattle country, timber history, and the kind of self-sufficient community character that high-altitude isolation tends to produce.
Hasties Swamp
Atherton Tablelands Waterfalls
Atherton Tablelands Markets
Atherton Tablelands ToursThe Avenue of Honour can be visited any time of year and is particularly striking when the silky oaks are in flower, typically between July and September.
A Hot Getaways destination. Where Care is Our Compass.
Travel Kindly
At Hot Getaways, care is our compass — and a little kindness makes every journey better. When you visit the Atherton Tablelands, we gently ask you to:
- Tread lightly — stay on tracks and lookouts, and take special care around waterfalls, which can be slippery and swift.
- Respect the wildlife — never feed the platypus, tree-kangaroos or birds, and observe them quietly from a distance.
- Support local — choosing local operators, cafés and guides helps this beautiful place thrive.
- Honour Country — we travel on the traditional lands and sea Country of Australia’s First Peoples, with gratitude and respect to the Traditional Custodians past and present.
- Be kind to each other — a smile, a little patience and a helping hand make the day lovelier for everyone.
Small acts of care add up to something wonderful. Thank you for travelling kindly.
