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The Daintree National Park is located in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,757 km (1,092 mi) northwest of Brisbane and 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Cairns. It was founded in 1981 [ 2 ] and is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland .
Daintree Rainforest stretches 60 miles before giving way to golden beaches and the Great Barrier Reef. Visible from space, it’s 1,400 miles long and made up of 2,900 individual reefs and 900 ...
All of the north of the locality and most of the centre is within the Daintree National Park. [5] [6] The remaining land is low-lying at approximately 20 metres (66 ft) and the predominant land use is farming sugarcane and tropical fruit. [6] [7] The southern areas are watered by Whyanbeel Creek and its tributary Chinaman Creek. [8]
Daintree River, flows into the Pacific Ocean south of Cape Tribulation; Daintree Rainforest, nominated for World Heritage listing in 1988; Daintree National Park, containing part of the Daintree Rainforest; Daintree Reef, off the coast from the Daintree Rainforest; Richard Daintree (1832–1878), pioneering geologist in North Queensland
Due to the distance between attractions, driving is often the simplest way to navigate between them. The Daintree National Park boasts many walking tracks [10] and there are a number of accommodation options within the Daintree Rainforest itself. To the west of Cape Tribulation stands Mt Pieter Botte with its massive granite outcrops. The ...
The headwaters of the river rise under Devils Thumb on the Mount Carbine Tableland in the Great Dividing Range.The river flows through a deeply incised valley in the Mount Lewis Forest Reserve in an easterly direction and then through the Mossman Gorge, part of the Daintree National Park, [6] and onto the coastal plain past the township of Mossman, where the river is crossed by the Captain ...
The mountain is located about 126km northwest of Cairns within the catchment of the Daintree River. It is Queensland's fourth highest peak after Mount Bartle Frere at 1,622 m (5,322 ft), Mount Bellenden Ker at 1,593 m (5,226 ft) and Mount Superbus at 1,375 m (4,511 ft).
The locality contains two section of the Daintree National Park in the south-east of the locality and in the east. [ 6 ] Virgil Island 35.2999-hectare (87.228-acre) island in the Daintree River in the south of the locality ( 16°15′06″S 145°21′54″E / 16.2517°S 145.3649°E / -16.2517; 145.3649 ( Virgil Island