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Glide just metres above above metres just Glide . with with Din Din contains important creation stories and is and stories creation important contains Din Din 3km further a drive and turn-off Road Gorge Barron the Take the world’s oldest continually surviving tropical rainforest rainforest tropical surviving continually oldest world’s the Townsville and Cooktown. and Townsville that shaped this colourful landscape. colourful this shaped that Mount Molloy Road near Julatten. near Road Molloy Mount stretches 450km along Queensland’s north-east coast between between coast north-east Queensland’s along 450km stretches Embark on a fascinating journey of discovery over and through through and over discovery of journey fascinating a on Embark to all of be happy on Djabugay country. Djabugay on happy be of all to djabugay-ngyu popular local spot for family picnics at the base of Barron Gorge. Gorge. Barron of base the at picnics family for spot local popular Traditional Owners—to discover the rich history history rich the discover Owners—to Traditional connects the Kennedy Highway near Kuranda to Mossman– to Kuranda near Highway Kennedy the connects scenic beauty. Covering nearly 900,000ha, this unique place place unique this 900,000ha, nearly Covering beauty. scenic Skyrail Skyrail Nyrrumba nyandu mayin bulmba bulmba mayin nyandu Nyrrumba country— their to you a Placid, Lake to Road Placid Lake along drive Alternatively, footsteps of the Djabuganydji—the area’s area’s Djabuganydji—the the of footsteps drive along Black Mountain Road. Stretching 43km, this road road this 43km, Stretching Road. Mountain Black along drive its exceptional diversity, evolutionary history and superb superb and history evolutionary diversity, exceptional its Bama—rainforest people. The Djabuganydji Bama welcome welcome Bama Djabuganydji The people. Bama—rainforest rising above the city of Cairns. Walk in the the in Walk Cairns. of city the above rising turn-off, then continue along Stoney Creek Road to the end. the to Road Creek Stoney along continue then turn-off, For a taste of Kuranda and Mowbray national parks, take a a take parks, national Mowbray and Kuranda of taste a For of any region in Australia. It is a site valued worldwide for for worldwide valued site a is It Australia. in region any of Djabugay Aboriginal people. The people are known as as known are people The people. Aboriginal Djabugay world’s oldest-surviving tropical rainforests, rainforests, tropical oldest-surviving world’s Road Creek Stoney the to Road Kamerunga along 15km Cairns continent, the Wet Tropics supports the highest biodiversity biodiversity highest the supports Tropics Wet the continent, pick up a handy map. handy a up pick Barron Gorge National Park is the traditional land of the the of land traditional the is Park National Gorge Barron a place truly like no other. 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Village Kuranda the of part is and Creek within lies Park National Gorge Barron Barron Gorge National Park is north-west of Cairns in north north in Cairns of north-west is Park National Gorge Barron small park protects a pocket of dense rainforest along Jumrum Jumrum along rainforest dense of pocket a protects park small surrounds Park National Gorge Barron and Start your journey journey your Start wonder natural living A Nestled in Kuranda is Jumrum Creek Conservation Park.
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