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March BP2164 Queensland. of ©State Always stay on walking tracks. walking on stay Always • (above) Govt Qld © Coquard Maxime Gorge Mossman track, river Lower cover); (front the toilets. the Qld North Tropical Tourism © lookout) Alexandra (Mount Wugirriga Walu Don’t place rubbish or contents of chemical toilet tanks in in tanks toilet chemical of contents or rubbish place Don’t • Mareeba scraps, with you when you leave. you when you with scraps, Don’t feed wildlife and take your rubbish, including food food including rubbish, your take and wildlife feed Don’t • Cairns 25 0 50km everything in the national park is protected. is park national the in everything Scale Avoid disturbing any animals or plants and remember remember and plants or animals any disturbing Avoid • trace of your visit. It’s easy—here’s how: easy—here’s It’s visit. your of trace To help conserve this special park, please try to leave no no leave to try please park, special this conserve help To Caring for the Daintree the for Caring Port Douglas Port Mossman © TimWood tropicalnorthqueensland.org.au for details. for Visit Daintree dormitories. budget and areas camping National Park National such as motels, bed and breakfasts, lodges, private private lodges, breakfasts, and bed motels, as such Daintree Alternatively, choose from private accommodation accommodation private from choose Alternatively, North Qld (left and main) and (left Qld North Cape Tribulation Cape so be prepared to get your feet wet. feet your get to prepared be so name for Cape Tribulation. Cape for name Tropical Tourism © above); (both Govt Qld © Coquard Maxime year). each Friday Good to January marked but stony in places. There are some creek crossings crossings creek some are There places. in stony but marked picturesque Myall Beach. Kulki is the Eastern Kuku Yalanji Yalanji Kuku Eastern the is Kulki Beach. Myall picturesque (left). area is closed during the wet season (generally early early (generally season wet the during closed is area kangaroos foraging on the forest floor. This track is well well is track This floor. forest the on foraging kangaroos You can also enjoy a short walk from the car park to to park car the from walk short a enjoy also can You (above); Jindalba circuit circuit Jindalba (above); Jindalba boardwalk boardwalk Jindalba many areas of the national park. Noah Beach camping camping Beach Noah park. national the of areas many gaze up at towering strangler figs and look for musky rat- musky for look and figs strangler towering at up gaze Beach. Tribulation Cape iconic overlooking platform boardwalk (above left); left); (above boardwalk 13 QGOV (13 74 68). Mobile service is not available in in available not is service Mobile 68). 74 (13 QGOV 13 Strangler fig on the Madja Madja the on fig Strangler on this longer circuit track. Pass giant Hopes cycads, cycads, Hopes giant Pass track. circuit longer this on Follow the boardwalk from the picnic area to a viewing viewing a to area picnic the from boardwalk the Follow Myall Beach (main); (main); Beach Myall call or kiosk self-serve a use agent, the-counter The more adventurous can journey further into the rainforest rainforest the into further journey can adventurous more The Take a stroll along along stroll a Take 600m return (10min). Grade: easy easy Grade: (10min). return 600m qld.gov.au/Camping , visit an over- an visit , at online camping 3km circuit (1.5hr). Grade: moderate Grade: (1.5hr). circuit 3km Kulki (Cape Tribulation) boardwalk Tribulation) (Cape Kulki 9 and camp site size restrictions apply. Book your your Book apply. restrictions size site camp and Jindalba circuit track circuit Jindalba 6 Camping must be booked before arriving before booked be must Camping Locality Map Locality Cooktown in the grassy area or under the picnic shelters. picnic the under or area grassy the in cassowary. cassowary. make Dubuji a picture-perfect place. Stop and enjoy a picnic picnic a enjoy and Stop place. picture-perfect a Dubuji make walkers may be lucky enough to see a tree-kangaroo or or tree-kangaroo a see to enough lucky be may walkers time. Fan palms, pandanus and peppermint stick insects insects stick peppermint and pandanus palms, Fan time. wettropics.gov.au Area, visit Area, motorhomes. kingfishers with their streaming white tail feathers. Quiet Quiet feathers. tail white streaming their with kingfishers Myall Beach. There’s also an 850m loop for visitors short on on short visitors for loop 850m an also There’s Beach. Myall For more information about the Wet Tropics World Heritage Heritage World Tropics Wet the about information more For for ancient king ferns and colourful buff-banded paradise- buff-banded colourful and ferns king ancient for but not caravans, large campervans, rooftop campers or or campers rooftop campervans, large caravans, not but lowland rainforest swamps and mangroves and then out to to out then and mangroves and swamps rainforest lowland rainforest. Wander alongside crystal clear creeks and look look and creeks clear crystal alongside Wander rainforest. is suitable for cars, small campervans and camper trailers trailers camper and campervans small cars, for suitable is Take a stroll along the longer 1.2km boardwalk loop through through loop boardwalk 1.2km longer the along stroll a Take qld.gov.au/ParkBrochures Find our park brochures online at at online brochures park our Find Follow the Jindalba boardwalk into vibrant, tropical lowland lowland tropical vibrant, into boardwalk Jindalba the Follow sandy shore, is a great place to camp. This camping area area camping This camp. to place great a is shore, sandy Grade (for both loops): easy loops): both (for Grade park alerts park 650m circuit (45min). Grade: easy Grade: (45min). circuit 650m @QldParks; #QldParks @QldParks; The shady camping area at Noah Beach, just 50m from the the from 50m just Beach, Noah at area camping shady The 850m return loop (30min) and 1.2km return loop (45min) loop return 1.2km and (30min) loop return 850m Scan to check check to Scan Jindalba (foot of the mountain) boardwalk mountain) the of (foot Jindalba 5 Camping and accommodation and Camping Dubuji (place of spirits) boardwalk spirits) of (place Dubuji 8 qldnationalparks nature-lover’s paradise. nature-lover’s Walks to explore to Walks Cape Tribulation beach and spend time getting to know this this know to getting time spend and beach Tribulation Cape truly special! special! truly (access, closures and conditions) and closures (access, National Park National Nowakowski © Steven stunning coastal views, take your photo on the famous famous the on photo your take views, coastal stunning qld.gov.au/ParkAlerts of rainforest and mangrove communities, in a tidal zone, is is zone, tidal a in communities, mangrove and rainforest of is not recommended for caravans. for recommended not is rainforest and mangrove wetlands bursting with life. Enjoy Enjoy life. with bursting wetlands mangrove and rainforest ‘strange-seeded’, flowering ribbonwoods. This small area area small This ribbonwoods. flowering ‘strange-seeded’, Daintree Daintree qld.gov.au/Camping midnight) and Cape Tribulation Road. Cape Tribulation Road Road Tribulation Cape Road. Tribulation Cape and midnight) tunnels of trees and stroll along boardwalks through through boardwalks along stroll and trees of tunnels years—from cone-bearing cycads, big and small, to to small, and big cycads, cone-bearing years—from Road, Daintree River ferry (operating daily from 6am to to 6am from daily (operating ferry River Daintree Road, sparkling blue waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Drive through through Drive Reef. Barrier Great the of waters blue sparkling qld.gov.au/Daintree qld.gov.au/Daintree in the evolution of land plants for the past 400 million million 400 past the for plants land of evolution the in of Cairns, via the Captain Cook Highway, Mossman–Daintree Mossman–Daintree Highway, Cook Captain the via Cairns, of forested mountains meet white sandy beaches and the the and beaches sandy white meet mountains forested Move slowly along this boardwalk and take in every stage stage every in take and boardwalk this along slowly Move Further information Further Cape Tribulation section is approximately 110–140km north north 110–140km approximately is section Tribulation Cape Experience the beauty of Cape Tribulation, where verdant verdant where Tribulation, Cape of beauty the Experience 1.2km circuit (45min). Grade: easy Grade: (45min). circuit 1.2km Getting there Getting Discover Cape Tribulation Cape Discover Madja (rainforest or jungle) boardwalk jungle) or (rainforest Madja 7 Queensland National Parks National Queensland Welcome to World heritage area Wondrous wildlife Walks to explore © Tourism Tropical Nth Qld Tropical Daintree National Park lies within the Wet Tropics World Daintree National Park’s famous rainforests are vital, living 1 Baral Marrjanga Daintree National Park Heritage Area—a living natural wonder and cultural habitat for a wondrous variety of wildlife, including a number landscape like nowhere else on Earth. Covering almost 270m one way (5–10min). Grade: easy 900,000 hectares from Townsville north to Cooktown, of threatened species and some—like the Daintree River Stroll along elevated boardwalks among the ringtail possum—found nowhere else! Immerse yourself in lush ancient rainforest, diverse mangrove forests and the rich it’s an area valued worldwide for its Indigenous cultural Qld Events and © Tourism vines, epiphytes and ferns of the lower rainforest connections, exceptional diversity, evolutionary history and canopy, to a lookout with spectacular Mossman River culture of the Eastern Kuku Yalanji Bama.
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