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Lizard Island
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Located 93 km north of Cooktown and 27km from the coast these 6 islands are part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Public moorings are provided for private boats and there is an airstrip for small aircraft.
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Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park
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Rinyirru (Lakefield) is Queensland’s second largest National Park and the largest park in Cape York at 537,000 ha. Spectacular wetlands and extensive river systems attract a great diversity of waterbirds while estuarine and freshwater crocodiles bask along the river banks and barramundi wait in the shallows.
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Jardine River National Park and Heathlands Resources Reserve
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A huge wilderness area at the tip of Cape York Peninsula which includes much of the catchment of the Jardine River, the largest perennial river in Queensland.
Heath, rainforest and woodlands cover low sandy ridges separated by swamps and shrublands and vine thickets cover massive coastal dunes.
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Iron Range National Park - Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park (CYPAL)
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This remote coastal park in northern Cape York Peninsula protects the largest area of lowland tropical rainforest in Australia. Rainforest and heath shrouded hills provide the backdrop to long sweeping beaches, mangrove forests and rocky outcrops.
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Hope Islands National Park
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Two low lying coral cays, West Hope is a shingle cay dominated by mangroves and East Hope is a sandy cay.
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Flinders Group National Park
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The park consists of seven remote islands with a rich cultural landscape. The islands contain important Aboriginal story and burial sites along with nationaly significant rock art sites showing early contact with Europeans.
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Cape Melville National Park
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A remote park with a spectacular coastline of rocky headlands. Massive granite boulders of the Melville range and sandstone escarpments of the Altanmoui range dominate the inland regions of the park. These features form part of a living Aboriginal cultural landscape.
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Black Mountain National Park, (Kalkajaka N.P.)
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The mysterious Black Mountains are steeped in myths and legends, and are a special story place for the Kuku Yalanji people.
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The Great Tropical Drive Discovery Trail
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The Great Tropical Drive is a self-drive route that will take you from Cairns and Townsville to some amazing places in Tropical Australia.
The Discovery Trail is a loop from Cooktown to Laura to Cooktown.
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Suggested Cape York Self-Drive Itinerary
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Whichever way you choose to drive, the trip up Cape York will be an unforgettable adventure to mainland Australia's northernmost point. Below is a suggested itinerary .....
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