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Fitzroy Island is a 45-minute ferry ride (about 30 km; 20 miles) from Cairns and is surrounded by a reef system that forms part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Nearly all of the continental island is protected within the Fitzroy Island National Park. Four walking tracks have been established to various parts of the island. [6]
Fitzroy Island National Park is a gazetted protected area covering Fitzroy Island, in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. [1] Fitzroy Island (also called Koba or Gabar), is a continental island located 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of Cairns on the mainland.
The organisation "Tourism and Events Queensland" has established a website titled "Pacific Coast Way" that shows a map of the route from the Gold Coast to Cairns, with side trips to the Sunshine Coast, Hervey Bay, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Airlie Beach and Mission Beach. It provides some information about each of the following segments: [2]
Mackenzie Island, a 1.8-square-kilometre (0.69 sq mi) marine island [ 26 ] [ 29 ] Rocky Point Reach is the reach of the Fitzroy River to the south of Egg and Mud Islands ( 23°31′45″S 150°50′05″E / 23.5291°S 150.8347°E / -23.5291; 150.8347 ( Rocky Point
Looking south along the beach at Trinity Park with the marina at Yorkeys Knob in the distance, 2018. Trinity Park is one of Cairns' northern suburbs. It is bounded to the north-east by the Coral Sea, to the east by Half Moon Creek and to the west by the Captain Cook Highway. The land is low-lying flat land (below 10 metres above sea level).
East Trinity is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country. [20]Prior to 2002, the locality was known as Trinity East. [21]In 2020, there have been proposals for a satellite city urban development, [22] the construction of a bridge/tunnel linking Cairns City to East Trinity, [23] and eco-tourism proposals.
The shire, administered from the town of Gracemere, covered an area of 5,898.7 square kilometres (2,277.5 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1899 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several other councils to become the Rockhampton Region. It is named for the Fitzroy River, that passes along the northern boundary of the shire.
Fitzroy Island, one of the 600 islands within the main archipelago of the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef, [181] lies a short distance off the north-east coast and extends for more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi). Mount Augustus, claimed to be the world's largest monolith, [182] is located in Western Australia.