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Cape Melville National Park
Cooktown,
Cook Area
Free Entry - Entry Information
Phone:
13 0013 0372Email:
csc@epa.qld.gov.au
Web:
www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/cape-melville/index.html
Description
Cape Melville National Park combines massive granite boulders of the Melville Range with sandstone escarpments of the Altanmoui Range and inland dunefields. These features form part of a living, Aboriginal cultural landscape. Bush camp at Bathurst Bay behind the beach. Drive to Jones Gap for impressive views to Altanmoui Range and south to the Howick River. Look for pied imperial-pigeons and Papuan frogmouths.
Property Details
Facilities
- Access With Assistance for the Disabled
- Public toilet
- Viewing Platform
Activities
- Animal Watching
- Birdwatching
- Camping
- Fishing
- Walking
Other Information
Children:Children are welcome.
How To Get There:
Western access is through Lakefield National Park and Kalpower Aboriginal land, approximately 10 hours north of Cairns. Southern access is via the Starcke Road, approximately 12 hours north of Cooktown. Accessible by four-wheel-drive vehicles generally during the dry season, June to November.
Free Entry
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Cape Melville National Park
Cooktown
Queensland 4871 Australia
Cooktown
Queensland 4871 Australia
Contact Details
Phone:
13 0013 0372Email:
Web:
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