Thing
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Cape York, Far North Queensland
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31 (20)
Cape York
A trip of lifetime through
the ‘Tip’ - Cape York
Please make sure you bring your camera and the capacity to take
endless pictures.
Drive to Cape York
Cape
York, Real Queensland
Subject to weather and
other conditions you can look forward to:
- Daintree Coast To
Cape Tribulation
- Bloomfield Track
- Cedar Bay
- Black Mountain
- Aboriginal rock art
- Lakefield National
Park
- Coen
- Twin Falls
- Cape York
32 (30) Undara lava
tubes, west of Cairns
Undara Lava Tubes, Gulf Region, Far North Queensland
37 (86) Chillagoe Limestone
Caves
Only a few of the Chillagoe
Limestone Caves are open to the public. The ones that are are well
worth seeing.
You should also visit
the historic copper smelter ruins.
From a population of
around 10,000 only 150 remain. Find out what happened missing hoards
of Chillagoe. As a clue, they didn’t all disappear underground.
39 (88) Cobbold Gorge
The Cobbold Gorge is
incredibly narrow yet has spectacular 30 metre cliffs on either
side.
40 (89) Millstream Falls
Big Millstream Falls
is reputedly the widest single-drop waterfall in Australia. You
might even see a Platypus in the pool at the falls base.
65 (95) Lakefield National
Park
Lakefield National Park
boasts an array of strange landscapes in the wilderness. Almost
an off world experience. Just watch out for the crocs.
66 (80) Lake Barrine
Lake Barrine is a magical
place for all to enjoy. Lake Barrine is one of the top tourist attractions
in Tropical North Queensland
It’s a six kilometres
stroll around the lake's edge. Nearby you’ll find the 1,100-year-old
Twin Kauri Pines.
79 (78) The Black Mountain
National Park
The Black Mountain National
Park is an intriguing landscape you can view on the way to Cooktown.
Please don’t try anything too adventurous as people have died
trying to find a way through the Black Mountain’s giant boulders.
92 (96) Coen
Old gold-rush town. Attractions
are art, craft and history.
97 (97) Weipa
Weipa is slightly different
for being run by a mining company. It is more the journey than the
destination - being a challenging 838ks north of Cairns.
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