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Hinchinbrook Island National Park
Hinchinbrook Island, offshore from Cardwell, is a rugged, densely vegetated island with sandy beaches, waterfalls, rainforest, mangroves and tall eucalypt forest. Fragile heath covers mountains topping 1000m, which descend to a mangrove-fringed channel in the west and sweeping bays and rocky headlands along the east coast.
Protected as national park since 1932, Hinchinbrook (39,900ha) is one of Australia’s largest island national parks. The island is within the Great Barrier Reef World
Heritage Area and is separated from the mainland by the scenic Hinchinbrook Channel.
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority manage the island and surrounding waters as protected areas.
Things to do
Bush camping, bushwalking, nature study.
Boating and fishing
Most of the waters off the east coast are zoned General Use A or B allowing many activities, with the exception of Zoe Bay which is zoned Marine National Park A, where fishing is limited and spearfishing is NOT allowed. Marine Park Zoning Plans for the area contain detailed information.
Further information and booking centres:
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Cardwell Rainforest and Reef Information Centre
Victoria Street
CARDWELL QLD 4849
Phone (07) 4066 8601
fax (07) 4066 8116
Reef and National Park Information Centre
Shop 12 Northtown
Flinders Mall
TOWNSVILLE QLD 4810
Phone (07) 4721 2399
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