Tropical North Queensland Travel Guides

Ulysses Link Walk

A wonderful walking track is known to locals as the Ulysses Link Walking Track. Coiling its way along Mission Beach's foreshore, the areas...

Bicton Hill Circuit

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...

Kennedy Track

The Kennedy Track is one of the longer walks in the Mission Beach area, taking about 4 hours to complete the 8 kilometre return journey. However...

Balgal Beach

Balgal Beach features an excellent boat ramp with easy access to the Palm Island Group.

Balgal is a superb sand beach with a wide creek...

Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park

This is one of Queensland's most scenic national parks. Numerous freshwater springs feed Lawn Hill Creek, and the park features spectacular...

Paluma Range National Park

Paluma Range National Park is a mountainous park on the Paluma Range north-west of Townsville. The park offers dense rainforest, open forest...

Michaelmas and Upolu Cays National Park

Michaelmas and Upolu Cays National Park are one of the most important seabird breeding sites on the Great Barrier Reef. It is a unique nesting...

Fish Bowl

Hastings Reef in the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns is a large, popular diving and snorkelling reef and home to the "Fish Bowl". ...

Magnetic Island National Park

Magnetic Island National Park is a designated World Heritage Area. It is a rugged continental island with hoop pine rainforest and eucalypt...

The Moltke Dive Site

The Moltke is a wreck dive accessible from the shore on Magnetic Island. The old cargo Boat has been here for over 70 years.

The...

The Savannah Way

The Savannah Way is one of Australia's ultimate adventure drives, linking Cairns in Tropical North Queensland with the historic pearling town...

Low Isles Marine National Park

Low Isles consists of two islands. The first is Woody Island an uninhabited coral/mangrove island, but the main attraction is Low Isle - which is...

Clam Gardens

Located within Watsons Bay in the Lizard Island National Park are the fabulous Clam Gardens. This is the national parks most popular location for...

Lambs Head (Kahlpahlim Rock)

Lambs Head, also known as Kahlpahlim Rock, is the highest point in the Lamb Range and presents a challenging adventure for the experienced...

Julia Creek Dunnart

The rare Julia Creek Dunnart (Sminthopis Douglasi) is found in the Mitchell grass downs of north west Queensland. There are currently eleven known...

Mt Surprise

Mt Surprise is the first town within the Gulf Savannah encountered by visitors approaching from the east.

It is an ideal area to fossick...

Quarantine Bay

Quarantine Bay is a unique beach, covered with a vast array of pebbles and shells.

It is a popular beach for fishing and swimming, as the...

Girringun National Park

Formerly named Lumholtz National Park, Girringun National Park is one of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area's national parks, and is a...

Indarri Falls

Indarri Falls is located in the beautiful Lawn Hill Gorge - formed by Lawn Hill Creek, which is fed by numerous freshwater springs from the...