Innot Hot Springs

Innot Hot Springs is a natural thermal spring locality on the Kennedy Highway in the Tablelands Region of Far North Queensland, Australia, between Ravenshoe and Mount Garnet. The springs emerge at around 74°C and are cooled into a series of public and caravan park pools along Nettle Creek. Notable for its mineral-rich warm waters, bushland setting and long history as a bathing and camping stop, it attracts visitors for soaking, relaxation and outback touring.

Visitors can expect a small outback township centred on natural thermal pools along Nettle Creek. There are free public pools on the creek and developed pools within the Innot Hot Springs Leisure and Camping Park. The setting is open eucalypt bushland with simple amenities, camping and caravan sites, and shallow to deep warm pools of varying temperatures for soaking and bathing. The area is low-key and rustic, focused on relaxation rather than resort facilities.

The springs were noted by Europeans in the 1880s during mining and pastoral expansion in the Herberton-Mount Garnet area. Charles Spranklin developed early bathing facilities and accommodation in the late 19th century, establishing Innot Hot Springs as a health and rest stop for miners, travellers and locals. The township and bathing pools have been used continuously since then.

The area lies within the traditional lands of the Jirrbal people of the Wet Tropics region. For visitors today, the springs are valued as a long-standing community bathing place and outback touring stop associated with relaxation and wellness.