Yorkeys Knob is one of the beach suburbs of
Cairns, in Cairns Region, Far North Queensland,
Australia. Yorkeys Knob is approximately 13
kilometres (8.1 mi) north of the centre of Cairns,
and is the third beach suburb after Machans Beach
and Holloways Beach. At the 2011 census, the
population of Yorkeys Knob was 2,766.

Yorkeys Knob has a supermarket, post office,
bottleshop, bakery, and a variety of other shops. A
newsagent and a small store are on the
beachfront, near the main swimming area