Welcome to the McKinlay Shire, heart of the Queensland Outback and Gateway to
the Gulf of Carpentaria. McKinlay Shire comprises four towns in Julia Creek, Nelia, McKinlay and Kynuna. Julia Creek and Nelia are located on the Flinders Highway (Overlander’s Way). McKinlay and Kynuna are positioned on the Landsborough Highway. Kynuna and Julia Creek are connected by a fully sealed road. Julia Creek earned the tagline ‘Gateway to the Gulf’ with the sealing of the road north
to Normanton in the 1960s.
