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Diversity Boardwalk
Cape Hillsborough, Mackay Area

Free Entry - Entry Information

Email:
info@derm.qld.gov.au
Web:
www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/cape-hillsborough/index.html

Description

This track meanders through melaleuca woodland, a mangrove community, open eucalypt forest and vine thicket. Appreciate the diverse plant communities and their unique wildlife. This walk also highlights the importance of such diversity for the Yuibera people and their culture. The first 300 metres of the walk is accessible to wheelchairs. 

Property Details

Facilities

  • Walking Tracks

Activities

  • Walking

Other Information

Disabled:
The Diversity Boardwalk is wheelchair accessible for the first 300 metres.

Further Details:
Walk between April and September to avoid wet and dry weather extremes.

How To Get There:
From Mackay, travel north on the Bruce Highway for 20 kilometres and turn right into Seaforth Road. Travel a further 20 kilometres and turn right into Cape Hillsborough Road. It is then 10 kilometres to the main park entrance.
From Proserpine, take the Bruce Highway south and travel 79 kilometres to Mount Ossa. Turn left into the partly unsealed Mount Ossa Road and travel 15 kilometres towards Seaforth. Turn right into Seaforth Road then left into Cape Hillsborough Road. Drive another 10 kilometres to the main park entrance. Please note, the Mount Ossa road is not suitable for caravans. Caravan owners travelling from the north should continue to the sealed Seaforth Road, 20 kilometres north of Mackay.  


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Diversity Boardwalk - Print Brochure
Rock-strewn beaches line the shore at Cape Hillsborough National park
Map of Diversity Boardwalk
Cape Hillsborough National Park
Mount Ossa Road
Cape Hillsborough
Queensland 4740 Australia

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