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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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Mount Cook National Park
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Rising to 431m Mount Cook provides a scenic backdrop to Cooktown.
The rainforest clad granite hill is known as Waymbuur by the Aboriginal Traditional Owners.
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Mungkan Kandju National Park
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A wilderness park of open woodlands, melaleuca swamps and rainforest the park is a living cultural landscape rich in cultural significance for the Traditional Aboriginal Owners.
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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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Sunset at Bathurst Heads
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Courtesy Graham Burton
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The Rainforest Coast: Rossville, Wujal Wujal, Bloomfield and Ayton
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Waterfalls, creek-crossings, rainforest-clad ranges and stunning views are some of the features of this fabulous route through the world-heritage listed rainforest and the heart of the Wet Tropics.
But don't rush! You're travelling along 'The Bama Way', through an area rich in Aboriginal culture, with sacred waterfalls, hidden beaches and fabulous wildlife (watch out for the cassowaries!).
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