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The Daintree River is a river that rises in the Daintree Rainforest near Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland, Australia. The river is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Cairns in the UNESCO World Heritage –listed Wet Tropics of Queensland .
The Old Daintree Ferry. The Daintree River Ferry is a cable ferry across the Daintree River between the localities of Forest Creek and Lower Daintree in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. The ferry is situated some 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Port Douglas, and gives access to the northern section of the Daintree National Park and ...
The Daintree river is the southern boundary for the region - reinforced by the need to take a cable ferry across the Daintree river. Much of the coastal flatlands, especially to the south of the Alexandra range, and in Cow Bay, were cleared for agriculture in the late 1800s with a major clearing push in the 1970s. A lot of this has since ...
The popular tourist destination of Mossman Gorge, some 30 km (19 mi) south of the Daintree River, is often (and again, unofficially) included in the definition. At around 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi), [1] the Daintree is a part of the largest contiguous area of tropical rainforest in Australia, known as the Wet Tropics of Queensland. The ...
Snapper island is about two km long and is at the mouth of the Daintree River. It is about 20 km north of Port Douglas. [citation needed] Access is via private vessel or by permitted commercial operators. [citation needed]
The Captain Cook Highway is a short, regional highway in Queensland that originates in Cairns and terminates in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, continuing to Daintree. It is a state-controlled regional road (number 20A). [2] [3] [4]
"We don't have a lot of access," said Meg Luce, a North side resident. Ted Tucker, an advocate for river access, said the east side landing of the bridge would be a destination for North Minneapolis.
Daintree River ferry terminal at Lower Daintree. The Daintree River) forms the northern boundary, and Trinity Bay in the Coral Sea the [3] [4] [5]The western part of the locality is within the Daintree National Park), while the eastern part is a nationally important wetland