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Adventures that include camping; usually accompanied by a campfire if permitted.

10 ways you can protect what you love

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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.

Mount Bartle Frere Trail

Wooroonooran National Park

Mount Bartle Frere Trail

A comprehensive guide to hiking Queensland's tallest mountain, Mount Bartle Frere. Everything you need to know!

Cocoa Creek, Cape Cleveland

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.

Salmon Creek, Cape Cleveland

Bowling Green Bay National Park

Salmon Creek, Cape Cleveland

Set up a camp near a beach along Salmon Creek's bank.

Barratta Creek, Bowling Green Bay

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.

Camping at Zig Zag Station

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.

Mount Bartle Frere Plane Wreckage B25 Bomber

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.

Saddle Mountain and the RAAF Mosquito plane wreckage

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.

Adventuring Alone into the Wilderness

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

Cape Bowling Green

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.

Bikerafting / Kayaking from Broadwater into Herbert River

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.

2018: 8 Kickass Adventures in North Queensland

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

Lake Marian Track

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.

Alligator Creek Falls

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.

Hiking Mount Halifax

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 Trails

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.

Circle View Mountain

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.

Ollera Creek and Ollera Falls

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.

Hervey Range Old Highway (Page Road)

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.

Hervey Range Train Tunnels (Greenvale Railway Line)

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.

Hervey Range Area

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.

The Link Track: Godwin's Peak, Mount Halifax, and the PRB Track

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.

Mount Zero-Taravale and Star River Area

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.

The Terraces and High Camp

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.