How To Featured 10 ways you can protect what you love As an outdoorsy person, you have the unique opportunity to experience and appreciate the beauty of nature up close. But with that privilege comes a responsibility to protect and advocate for the natural world.
Wooroonooran National Park Mount Bartle Frere Trail A comprehensive guide to hiking Queensland's tallest mountain, Mount Bartle Frere. Everything you need to know!
Bowling Green Bay National Park Cocoa Creek, Cape Cleveland Set up a camper trailer or tent besides your four-wheel drive close to Cocoa Creek, tucked along Cocoa Creek.
Bowling Green Bay National Park Salmon Creek, Cape Cleveland Set up a camp near a beach along Salmon Creek's bank.
Bowling Green Bay National Park Barratta Creek, Bowling Green Bay Camp alongside your four-wheel-drive car in your camper trailer or tent adjacent to a mangrove and creek habitat.
Running River Camping at Zig Zag Station Zig Zag Station (private property) is quite a big station located near Hidden Valley, North Queensland. Zig Zag Station offer paid camping on the beautiful banks of Running River.
Paid-members only Wooroonooran National Park Mount Bartle Frere Plane Wreckage B25 Bomber An American Bomb Group Squadron based in Charters Towers crashed into Mount Bartle Frere on 21 April 1942 while returning from a search mission in the Coral Sea. They flew into a blind gully which lead to the peak of Mount Bartle Frere.
Bowling Green Bay National Park Saddle Mountain and the RAAF Mosquito plane wreckage Saddle Mountain is located in Bowling Green Bay National Park. It rises 882m, and the eastern face is essentially a 1km horizontal cliffline that you can see from the main road. It truly dominates the landscape. Challenge yourself to find the WWII plane wreckage once you reach the top.
How To Adventuring Alone into the Wilderness Going out alone is truly something special – it always guarantee the best company. We should all experience it at least once in our lives. It can be quite fulfilling and peaceful because when you venture alone, you are doing only what you choose to do, going where you choose to
Bowling Green Bay National Park Cape Bowling Green This one's for all the beach lovers out there. Sharks, dingoes, no drinking water and kilometre after kilometre of sand spit ensure that this walk will be more adventurous than most other beach walks. Go remote, have your own private beach getaway and visit an active lighthouse.
Abergowrie State Forest Bikerafting / Kayaking from Broadwater into Herbert River This trip will take you on a journey down small rapids and through peaceful rainforest where you feel a sense of serenity. Look up and take in the sounds of birds chirping and flying around overhead. It's a perfect trip to relax and unwind, letting the current take you downstream.
Townsville 2018: 8 Kickass Adventures in North Queensland Surprisingly a lot of people do not know what adventures they can get up to around Townsville. Townsville has a lot to offer for the people willing to go out and experience some of the discomforts of the wild world. Here are a few of my suggestions for some epic
Fiordland National Park Lake Marian Track Lake Marian is a hidden gem not to be missed. This is an extraordinary hike with the most beautiful end reward of views across the valley toward Key Summit and the Alisa Mountains that most visitors who go to Milford Sound miss.
Bowling Green Bay National Park Alligator Creek Falls Alligator Creek Falls is located in Bowling Green Bay National Park and is an easy one-day hike that is on-track. You will follow a fire break and powerline maintenance track to Alligator Creek Falls for large portions of the walk.
Paluma Range National Park Hiking Mount Halifax Mount Halifax is the highest (1,063 metres) and most prominent peak north of Townsville on mainland Australia until you reach the Tully area. Summiting Mount Halifax is strenuous, and you will need to be fit to do it. However, it is definitely worthwhile.
Paluma Range National Park Paluma Range National Park Trails Picturesque rainforest framed by waterfalls and peaks 1,000 m above the Crystal Creek floodplain to the quaint Paluma village. This national park offers a range of recreational opportunities including walks and bird watching.
Members only Paluma Range National Park Circle View Mountain Circle View Mountain is quite different to the other mountains in the area as it is an unusually very steep mountain.
Members only Paluma Range National Park Ollera Creek and Ollera Falls Ollera Creek offers many great waterfalls, with most beautiful being Big Ollera Falls. This area also has many rock slides, gorgeous swimming holes, and Lizard Gorge to enjoy.
Members only Townsville Hervey Range Old Highway (Page Road) The old Hervey Range Road, now known as Page Road, is one of the few surviving examples in the region of a roadway dating from early European settlement. This was the initial route from the port of Townsville to the hinterland.
Members only Townsville Hervey Range Train Tunnels (Greenvale Railway Line) The abandoned Greenvale Railway Line transported nickel from the Greenvale mine to a smelter at Yabulu near Townsville. This area has become increasingly popular with social media of photos of Palm Tree Lookout and the Train Tunnels.
Townsville Hervey Range Area The Hervey Range area has much history to offer, and it doesn't take you too far off the beaten track. Hervey Range Heritage Tea Rooms and the old train tunnels are the most popular sight to see in the area.
Paluma Range National Park The Link Track: Godwin's Peak, Mount Halifax, and the PRB Track This area is certainly a magical part of North Queensland. It's a strenuous walk and you'll need to be fit to climb up some steep hill sections. The bush track is rough and uneven underfoot.
Paid-members only North Queensland Mount Zero-Taravale and Star River Area Mt Zero-Taravale Nature Reserve (Private Property) is home to many beautiful gorges and creeks, not to mention its wildlife. Straddling the Wet Tropics Bioregion and the Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion, its 59,029 hectares is home to many rare and threatened plant and animal species.
Hinchinbrook Island National Park Mount Bowen Hinchinbrook Island may be one of the most attractive adventure destinations in North Queensland, largely because it feels like an untouched, lost Jurassic world. Mount Bowen, rising 1,121m above sea level, may be its most popular peak (excluding Nina Peak), and summiting requires quite a hike.
Members only Bowling Green Bay National Park The Terraces and High Camp The Terraces is another wonder of the Palm Creek area, arguably the better of the three to see. The other two points of interest are Hidden Falls and The Cascades.