The locality is bounded to the south by Sandy Creek.[3]
The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south (Balberra) and exits to the north (Rosella). The North Coast railway line also enters the locality from the south and exits to the north, further west than the highway.[3] There is also a network of cane tramways that transports harvested sugarcane to the sugar mills.[3]
The predominant land use is sugarcane farming. Most of the residential development is along the Bruce Highway.[3]
^"District Place Names". Daily Mercury. Vol. 56, no. 562. Queensland, Australia. 9 December 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 7 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.