Mount Molloy is a historic mining and timber town lying 160 kilometres north of Cairns. At its height it was a copper mine in the 1890s. It was commonly used as camping grounds and Chinese market gardeners used to grow grain and other foodstuffs for the miners nearby.
A private railway was constructed to Mount Molloy, from the Cairns to Mareeba line at Biboora, opening in August 1908. It was built by Mount Molloy Limited to serve its smelters. The branch closed on 1 May 1964.
Mount Molloy also has a sawmill. By 1920 it is estimated that 40 people worked at the sawmill, along with teamsters for hauling the logs. Mount Molloy also had a small butter factory in the mid-1920s. The sawmill was burnt down in 1963 and the railway closed the following year.
Mount Molloy was named after Patrick Molloy, an early teamster for a stock route and the person who discovered copper at what was to become Mount Molloy. Mount Molloy's mining history is marked by the Pat Molloy memorial cairn in the main street and the grave of James Venture Mulligan in the Mount Molloy cemetery. Mulligan, probably north Queensland's foremost prospector and explorer, died in the Mount Molloy hospital in 1907.
The dominant industry of Mount Molloy is now cattle grazing and consists of a few shops and a hotel.
The cache container is large enough to hold many swaps and travel bugs