East Trinity

East Trinity is a coastal rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Trinity East. In the, East Trinity had a population of 238 people.

The town of Giangurra is on the northern coast of the locality (-16.9033°N, 145.8205°W).

Geography
The locality of East Trinity has the locality of Glen Boughton enclosed within it.

The northern boundary of East Trinity is the Coral Sea. The western boundary is Trinity Inlet. The south-western boundary is Pine Creek. The eastern boundary is the Murray Prior Range.

Parts of the land, water and environment in and around East Trinity have been subject to acid sulfate soil oxidisation. Acid sulfate soil remediation has been implemented to fix the impacts of soil oxidisation to the land, water and environment in East Trinity.

Mountains
East Trinity has the following mountains, all of which are in the Murray Prior Range along the locality's eastern boundary (from north to south):


 * Mount Yarrabah (-16.9048°N, 145.8435°W) 632 m
 * Mount Murray Prior (-16.9302°N, 145.8483°W) 774 m
 * Mount Gorton (-16.949°N, 145.8639°W) 798 m
 * May Peak (-16.9701°N, 145.8589°W) 834 m



Bays and headlands
Offshore are a number of bays and headlands (from west to east):


 * Trinity Bay, to the west of False Cape, named after Trinity Sunday (10 June 1770) by Lieutenant James Cook on the HM Bark Endeavour, including side bays (from west to east):
 * Trinity Inlet (-16.9263°N, 145.783°W),
 * Stafford Point (-16.9185°N, 145.7898°W)
 * Rolling Bay (-16.907°N, 145.8098°W)
 * Bessie Point (-16.9035°N, 145.8124°W)
 * Sturt Cove (-16.8976°N, 145.8201°W)
 * Lyons Point (-16.8899°N, 145.8257°W)
 * Brown Bay (-16.8852°N, 145.8324°W)
 * Sunny Bay (-16.8754°N, 145.8451°W)
 * False Cape (-16.8713°N, 145.8488°W)
 * Mission Bay to the east of False Cape (-16.8868°N, 145.8808°W)

History
East Trinity is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country.

Prior to 2002, the locality was known as Trinity East.

In 2020, there have been proposals for a satellite city urban development, the construction of a bridge/tunnel linking Cairns City to East Trinity, and eco-tourism proposals.

Demographics
In the, East Trinity had a population of 111 people.

In the, East Trinity had a population of 212 people.

In the, East Trinity had a population of 238 people.

Heritage listings
East Trinity has the following heritage listings:
 * Bessie Point, off Pine Creek-Yarrabah Road: Hydrographic Survey Bench Mark
 * Yarrabah Road: False Cape Battery

Education
There are no schools in East Trinity. The nearest government primary schools are Yarrabah State School in neighbouring Yarrabah to the north-east and Gordonvale State School in Gordonvale to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Yarrabah State School (to Year 10 only) and Gordonvale State High School in Gordonvale.