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Enjoy an intimate wildlife experience in a natural setting at the Atherton Birds of Prey Show. Get up close to some of Australia’s awesome aerial predators, including eagles, owls and falcons. See the
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The Australian Butterfly Sanctuary is home to some 2,000 tropical butterflies. The screened rainforest environment is designed with the needs in mind of it's rainforest inhabitants, with special atten
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Batreach, located in Kuranda, is a bat and wildlife care centre, focusing on flying foxes. Pam Tully, creator of the centre, began looking after flying foxes around 1990 in the suburb of Edge Hill in
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Home to the largest single collection of free flying birds in Australia (some 500 of them!), Birdworld Kuranda displays no less than 75 species of the most spectacular birds from all corners of the pl
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Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park is one of Queensland’s most scenic national parks, featuring spectacular gorge country, sandstone ranges and significant fossils. The Waanyi Aboriginal people hav
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Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm presents a delicious way to sample unusual exotic tropical fruits. Join an exotic fruit tasting and orchard tour at Cape Tribulation, in the heart of the Daintree Rainfore
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Carrowong Sanctuary is a 90 acre pristine property completely surrounded by World Heritage listed rainforest. This unlogged rainforest gives guests a unique experience to enjoy walking through a pris
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Chillagoe is the easiest accessible outback experience available within a relatively short distance west of Cairns. It's only about two hours 30 minutes from Cairns and one hour 30 minutes from Mareeb
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The award winning Daintree Discovery Centre is the number one attraction in the Daintree. It is a self-funding eco tourism facility that specialises in providing interpretive information about the Dai
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Try deliciously different mango wine and tropical fruit wines, liqueurs and ports at de Brueys Boutique Wines, 189 Fichera Road, Mareeba, Queensland. de Brueys Boutique Wines is a unique winery and ce
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Ellinjaa Falls are picturesque falls that are part of the Waterfalls Circuit along with Millaa Millaa and Zilzie Falls. Enjoy the sound of the water rushing over a series of lava columns as you have a
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The Crystal Caves are a mineralogical museum in a fantasyland cave. Put on a miner's helmet and discover some of the world's most beautiful natural crystals, real fossils, and best of all the world's
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The Gab Titui Cultural Centre is located on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait Islands just off the Cape York Peninsula, the most northern point of Australia. Thursday Island is the most developed o
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Atherton Chinatown is the Award-winning site of the unique Hou Wang Temple and interpretive museum. Located just over a scenic hours drive south west of Cairns, the National Trust of Queensland proper
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At Josephine Falls, Wooroonooran, the waters of Josephine Creek plunge over granite boulders and forming a turbulent waterfall at the base of Queensland’s highest mountain, Mount Bartle Frere (1,622 m
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Explore Jowalbinna, epicentre of Quinkan Aboriginal Rock Art near Laura. UNESCO rates Cape York's Quinkan region among the world's top 10 rock art areas. Self drive four wheel drive enroute to Cooktow
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This walk is part of the Misty Mountain Trails network, situated between the towns of Innisfail, Tully, Ravenshoe and Millaa Millaa. The Koolmoon Creek Track is a long distance walk between Cochable C
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The picturesque mountain retreat of Kuranda Village is just 25 kilometres northwest of Cairns in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is a vibrant little town surrounded by World Heritage Rainforest. T
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This award winning boutique style wildlife experience, Kuranda Koala Gardens, is in Kuranda Village right at the Heritage Markets.
This is the only place in Kuranda village where you can enjoy the 'c
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The Kuranda Trading Post is a modern tourist complex comprising a licensed 300 seat restaurant, a 150 seat side-walk cafe, souvenir shop and foreign Currency exchange. The Complex has been designed in
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The Mamu Rainforest Canopy Walkway is a spectacular walk through the canopy of World Heritage rainforest. It is an iconic new tourist attraction in the Wet Tropics. With a 350 metre long elevated wa
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The Mareeba Tropical Savanna and Wetland Reserve and Jabiru Safari Lodge provides a sanctuary for outback wildlife, including a number of Australia's rarest bird species. It protects over 5,000 acres
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Millaa Millaa Falls are magnificent waterfalls surrounded by lush rainforest located on the Waterfalls Circuit, along with Zillie and Ellinjaa Falls. The falls cascade perfectly to a pristine waterhol
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Millstream Falls is reputedly Australia's widest single-drop waterfall. The falls flow over the edge of a columnar basalt lava flow, a legacy of the Atherton Tableland's volcanic past. Millstream Fall
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Misty Mountains is a 130 kilometre network of short walks and long-distance hiking trails, rewarding bushwalkers with attractive waterfalls, lush rainforest and panoramic views. Several of the tracks
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Mount Surprise is Far North Queensland’s only fossicking information hub. Take a choice of tours or go alone and hire or buy your own equipment. Plenty of information is available covering the six gem
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The Hypipamee crater is referred to as a volcanic pipe. The pipe was opened upward through surface rocks by gas produced from molten rock below and as a result of tremendous pressure, the vent explode
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Mulgrave Settlers Museum, next to the sugar mill in Gordonvale, was purpose-built to house objects used by settlers in the area then called Nelson in the late 1800s.
The aboriginal, miners' and timb
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Murdering Point Winery produces a unique range of award-winning exotic tropical wines. Along with wines produced from tropical fruits such as lychee, mango and passionfruit, Murdering Point Winery pro
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At Paronella Park, Mena Creek, Tropical North Queensland, the dream continues.
The unforgettable holiday memories are the chance discoveries. Paronella Park is impossible to describe; you arrive not
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Famous for its rock art, Quinkan Country contains a large and dramatic body of prehistoric rock paintings. Often referred to as the Quinkan Reserves, the region is among the top 10 rock art areas in t
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At Rainforestation Nature Park, visitors can experience Australian nature and Aboriginal culture in one convenient setting. The 40 hectare tourist attraction is on the coastal range behind Cairns, ami
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Shannonvale Tropical Fruit Winery makes wines from tropical fruit. No it's not sweet and sticky. The range includes very dry wines to medium-sweet and port styles and they are commercial standard. I
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At the Terrestrial Centre in Georgetown you will find located the multi award winning, Terrestrial - the Ted Elliott Mineral Collection. This collection, which is all the work of one man, Ted Elliott,
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Now recognised as the hottest thing on the gourmet trail, the Coffee Works shares the Australian coffee story with over 150,000 visitors every year. When you arrive at the Coffee Works in Mareeba on t
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Quinkan Country is rich in Aboriginal history and home to world famous rock art sites. The small township of Laura is located in the heart of Quinkan Country and is home to a wonderful new attraction
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On Tinaburra Wildlife Sunset Cruise, Yungaburra, come along and admire all at sunset, a glass of champagne in hand! The vessel is of easy access weatherproof without obstructing the spectacular view.
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Follow the scenic Tully Falls Road to the spectacular Tully Gorge Lookout. The falls only run in a big wet season, but the walls of raw rock and rainforest which plunge 300 metres (984 feet) down to t
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Only three and a half hours from Cairns in Tropical North Queensland's Gulf Savannah lies a land so different in contrasts - and the Undara Experience. Undara is a pristine wilderness possessing one o
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Zillie Falls are spectacular falls located on the Waterfalls Circuit with Millaa Millaa and Ellinjaa Falls. There is a lovely viewing platform at the base of the falls where you can enjoy a view of th
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Opened in 1977 the Australian Sugar Industry Museum is a modern complex covering some 14,000 square. The Museum's collection comprises of contemporary and historical photographs, books, documents, dom
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Barnard Island Group National Park comprises seven islands with a fascinating geological history. The diverse landforms include shallow reefs and rainforest-clad slopes. The southern islands are impo
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Barron Gorge National Park has great cultural and historical significance, with dramatic scenery and World Heritage-listed rainforest. The local Aboriginal people developed trails through the area, wh
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Located in the protected Beaver Cay Marine Sanctuary off Mission Beach, Beaver Reef is an unspoiled fringing reef surrounding a sandy cay and offers a range of dive sites. Abundant soft corals and lar
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Bicton Hill is part of the Clump Mountain National Park. The walk has a fairly easy grade as it winds up the hill and forms a loop track apart from the first half a kilometre.
On the way up there ar
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Black Mountain National Park protects an imposing mountain range of massive black granite boulders at the northern end of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. This intriguing landscape is the source o
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Blencoe Falls, Girrungun National Park offers breathtakingly beautiful landscapes. Blencoe Falls tumbles 90 metrea into a rocky pool, before cascading a further 230 metres to the hoop pine-studded val
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Cape Melville National Park combines massive granite boulders of the Melville Range with sandstone escarpments of the Altanmoui Range and inland dunefields. These features form part of a living, Abori
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At Cape Tribulation, Daintree National Park, you can experience two of Australia's most significant World Heritage sites - the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics - where they meet! A stop at Alexa
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The Cathedral Fig Tree, like the Curtain Fig Tree, is a gigantic 500 year old strangler tree. Located in the Danbulla State Forest, the Cathedral Fig has the reputation of being the best place to hear
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Dense tropical rainforest grows in Cedar Bay National Park, a remote coastal park south of Cooktown in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Sandy beaches and fringing reefs are backed by rainforest. T
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In the Chillagoe-Mungana National Park, dry tropical open woodlands hide underground caves of breathtaking natural beauty. Pockets of deciduous vine thicket cling to jagged limestone outcrops. Laid do
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With Bicton Hill at its centre, Clump Mountain National Park preserves one of the few remaining patches of undisturbed lowland tropical rainforest. Many of the trees have large buttressed trunks and s
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Cooktown's Scenic Rim Trail displays all aspects of the town's historical and cultural delights. Experience a range of diverse natural habitats, each with their own special features and species.
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The Coral Sea Battle Memorial Park is Australia’s largest war memorial. The park was created to commemorate an air and sea battle which took place in 1942 about 800 kilometres east off the coast of Qu
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Part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Curtain Fig National Park contains an endangered type of rainforest called mabi forest. A semi-deciduous canopy allows more sunlight to reach the ground th
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The Curtain Fig National Park contains the renowned Curtain Fig Tree, an enormous strangler fig tree. Located a short drive out of Yungaburra, a small town in the Atherton Tableland, the giant tree ha
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Danbulla National Park and State Forest is a spectacular part of the Atherton Tableland, encompassing eucalypt and acacia forests, pine plantations and rainforest; also crater lakes, walks and places
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In Davies Creek National Park, Davies Creek cascades over huge granite boulders as it flows through eucalypt woodland from its source in the Lamb Range. The rare wet sclerophyll forest is home to the
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High in the Lamb Range, Dinden National Park protects rainforest and eucalypt woodland. The clear waters of Davies Creek flow over smooth granite boulders and make a refreshing place to relax. Picnic
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Edmund Kennedy National Park is within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Few parts of north Queensland's wet tropics can boast the range of vegetation types found in this park.
Lying along the coa
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Emerald creek has a series of cascading waterfalls over granite boulders. A walking track takes you alongside the creek to the numerous falls and lagoons, up to the lookout with views of the valley to
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At Emerald Creek Falls, Dinden State Forest, the waters of Emerald Creek tumble down a granite rock face, forming placid pools below. Smooth-barked water gums with graphically twisted trunks create a
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Eubenagee Swamp National Park’s wetlands are a significant habitat for waterbirds. The park also protects some of the last remnants of various lowland vegetation types. Much of it is swampland, suppor
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In Fitzroy Island National Park in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, densely forested Fitzroy Island offers bushwalking as well as swimming and snorkelling. The island rises to 269 metres, o
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Forty Mile Scrub National Park is an island of rainforest in a sea of eucalypt woodland, preserving rare, remnant semi-evergreen vine thicket. Large bottle trees, along with fig, Burdekin plum and whi
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Originally the Golden Gumboot was a competition between Tully, Innisfail and Babinda as to which town is the wettest in Australia. The winner for the competition (since 1970) was awarded with a rubber
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Green Island National Park is one of the Great Barrier Reef’s most popular destinations. This small rainforest-clad coral cay is fringed by palms and sandy beaches that slope gently to the clear, blue
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Hallorans Hill Lookout is an ideal spot for a barbecue or picnic, watching the sunset or just enjoying the view of the surrounding areas, farmland and rolling hills. The best way to enjoy this is to s
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The highest point of Atherton township, Hallorans Hill is one of several extinct shield volcanoes. At the lookout, managed by Atherton Shire Council, sculptures and a children's playground take local
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Hasties Swamp National Park is a small but significant wetland which is flooded during the wet season. As it dries out, it becomes an important refuge for waterbirds - up to 1500 magpie geese may be s
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Hinchinbrook National Park on Hinchinbrook Island offers isolation and experience of wilderness. Hinchinbrook is one of Australia’s most impressive and rugged continental islands and the challenging T
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Hope Islands National Park consists of a pair of low-lying coral cays. West Hope is a shingle cay dominated by hardy mangroves, and East Hope is a typical sandy cay with trees such as beach almond and
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Indarri Falls is located in the beautiful Lawn Hill Gorge - formed by Lawn Hill Creek, which is fed by numerous freshwater springs from the limestone plateau to the west. The magnitude of the sandston
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The Jambal Walk begins at Blencoe Falls, a spectacular three-tiered waterfall, which cascades 300 metres down into the Herbert River Gorge below. Situated in the drier savanna woodlands, hoop pines gr
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The Johnstone River Crocodile Park is a stones throw from Innisfail on the road to picturesque Flying Fish Point. The Park is home to some of the largest crocodiles on display in Australia.
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This circuit walk leads through Jumrum Creek Conservation Park, connecting with the Jungle Walk and then the Esplanade Walk.
In Jumrum Creek Conservation Park, a boardwalk leads you through the fore
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The Juwun Walk starts at Blencoe Falls in Girringun National Park, a spectacular three-tiered waterfall, which cascades 300 metres down into the Herbert River Gorge below.
The walk follows the Herbe
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The power station was commissioned in 1999, and was developed in line with principles of environmentally sustainable development. Its location on Koombooloomba Dam in Far North Queensland's Wet Tropic
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This 6 kilometres circuit around Lake Barrine, a volcanic crater lake in Crater Lakes National Park, has recently been upgraded and is a peaceful way to spend a couple of hours in the rainforest, with
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Lake Barrine, in Crater Lakes National Park, is a maar: a crater lake formed by volcanic explosions. The surrounding rainforest is typical of that found on fertile red basalt soils in high rainfall ar
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Lake Eacham Circuit in Crater Lakes National Park provides ample opportunity to enjoy this small patch of rainforest and its rich wildlife.
Lake Eacham is a popular swimming and picnic spot. This vol
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Lake Eacham, Crater Lakes National Park is in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Like Lake Barrine, Lake Eacham is a maar (a crater lake formed by volcanic explosions). Like Lake Barrine it is surro
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Lakefield National Park, Queensland’s second-largest national park, features spectacular wetlands and extensive river systems. Lakefield is a wildlife refuge for threatened species including the red g
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Lambs Head, also known as Kahlpahlim Rock, is the highest point in the Lamb Range and presents a challenging adventure for the experienced bushwalker.
The track rises steeply through woodland and ra
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Licuala State Forest boasts several enjoyable walking tracks. Enjoy the native wildlife of the area as you walk around the forest…the Ulysses butterfly, cassowaries and green tree frogs. Be sure to lo
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Plunging over the edge of a columnar basalt lava flow, Big Millstream Falls is reputedly the widest single-drop waterfall in Australia. A walking track leads to a viewing area over the falls. Here, in
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Set in a turquoise sea, the five islands of the remote Lizard Island Group National Park are part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Lizard, the main island, has several idyllic, sheltered
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Lizard Island National Park consists of a remote group of five islands set in a turquoise sea, part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Lizard, the main island, has several sheltered, sandy
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