North FUN FACTS

South Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays QLD

Innisfail has one of the largest collections of art deco 01 buildings in any Australian location. Mackay teems with art deco structures, too. in Girringun National Park is home to the 02 country’s highest permanent single-drop waterfall. It cascades 268m. Cape Tribulation in allows visitors to 03 enjoy the rare opportunity to witness two World Heritage sites at once: Wet Tropics of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. The Wet Tropics area encompasses a massive 894,420ha, 04 stretching for roughly 450km. As part of this, Daintree National Park houses the oldest-surviving tropical rainforest on the planet. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest reef system, is 05 visible from space, and among its myriad marine life is 10% of the world’s fish species. Charters Towers once was QLD’s second-largest town. 06 Ample reminders of its booming gold-rush days remain. , just off the coast of , is the only 07 Great Barrier Reef island to have its own postcode. More than 50% of the island is regarded as national park. The southern cassowary, which calls far north QLD home, is 08 the world’s second-heaviest and third-tallest bird. Today, the SS Yongala is regarded as one of Australia’s 09 best wreck dives but for decades its final resting place was unknown. It is accessed from Ayr.

The Whitsundays are made up of 74 Islands but only eight 10 are inhabited.

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