The ‘Cairns Outback’ region is promoted as ‘The Wheelbarrow Way’ and encompasses Mount Carbine as the most northerly inland point. Mt Carbine is also the gateway to Cooktown and Cape York, with the local Mount Carbine Caravan Park providing a popular stopping place for those on-route and returning from Cape York peninsula region.

As well as offering a peaceful haven, and a bird watchers paradise, the local Mt Carbine Caravan Park also provide for ‘Free Van Storage’ to their customers while they go exploring the Cape.

Mt Carbine was also a part of the fabled John Moffat empire. In 1906, Moffatt developed the ‘Wolfram deposits’ at Mt Carbine (GK Bolton). Wolfram is used to harden steel.