Green Island National Park
This small rainforest-clad coral cay is surrounded by coral reefs and is one of the Great Barrier Reef’s most popular [more…]
This small rainforest-clad coral cay is surrounded by coral reefs and is one of the Great Barrier Reef’s most popular [more…]
Surrounded by extensive fringing reefs, the five islands of Frankland Group National Park feature rocky outcrops, dense rainforest, mangroves and [more…]
Fitzroy Island National Park is rugged with diverse landscapes featuring granite outcrops, open woodlands, rainforest, mangroves and coral beaches. This [more…]
Turtles are often encountered on the dive sites off Cairns and a good place to encounter one is Turtle Bommie. [more…]
Cairns and Tropical North Queensland is the closest point in Australia to experience the Great Barrier Reef. When travellers visualise [more…]
Vlasoff Cay is a Tropical North Queensland bucket-list attraction just north of Green Island. It is a picturesque sand bar [more…]
Hosting the largest green turtle rookery in the world, Raine Island is an excellent dive site to encounter dozens of [more…]
Situated north of Cooktown, close to the Queensland cape, Great Detached Reef is a large complex of several reefs sitting [more…]
Cape Tribulation, in Daintree National Park, is famed for steep rainforested mountains sweeping down to long sandy beaches and turquoise [more…]
At Mossman Gorge, a section of Daintree National Park, crystal-clear water cascades over large granite boulders in the Mossman River. [more…]
Nature’s Powerhouse is a much loved community asset situated in the magnificent Cooktown Botanic Gardens. Operating as a social enterprise [more…]
Journey through golden sandstone hills and sweeping grasslands, boat along scenic coastal estuaries and vast river systems, and delight in [more…]
Rising 431 metres above the surrounding landscape, rugged Mount Cook is the scenic backdrop to Cooktown. Lieutenant Phillip Parker King [more…]
Rugged yet beautiful, Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) features the rocky headlands of Cape Melville, impressive [more…]
Little Annan Gorge is a gorge and swimming hole on the Anna River near Cooktown. It is safe to swim [more…]
To acknowledge the significance of the first known European contact with the Aboriginal people of the area, Cook Shire Council [more…]
This monument was erected in 1886 by the residents of Cooktown honouring Mrs Mary Watson. Mary, her infant son and [more…]
Recruitment for WWI in the Cooktown region drew men from the tin mining industries around Rossville and Shiptons Flat to [more…]
Famous for its rock art, Quinkan Country contains a large and dramatic body of prehistoric rock paintings. These galleries have [more…]
Wujal Wujal is the local Kuku-Yalanji clan name meaning ‘many falls’, highlighting the many sacred waterfalls in their landscape. This [more…]
Visitors come from all over Australia to enjoy the excellent fishing at Pormpuraaw, on the west coast of Queensland. Situated [more…]
Lockhart River was originally an Anglican Mission, relocated from ‘Old Site’ south of Cape Direction, to its present location on [more…]