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 Daintree on-line Daintree Australia Accommodation Tours Region
Within the Daintree National Park is Daintree Village, a township 12 kilometres past the ferry crossing on the southern bank of the river.
However, the Daintree National Park actually reaches a little further, from the Mossman Gorge in the south to the Bloomfield River in the north, a total of 17,100 hectares.
However, all of the beach, reefs and coastal waters along the Daintree Coast are protected as a marine park, and fishing, spear fishing and collecting are prohibited within the National Park zone, a 500 metre wide strip between Cape Tribulation and Bloomfield.
www.daintree-online.com   (297 words)

  
 Daintree Rainforest - Cairns, Tropical Far North Queensland, Australia - Daintree Rainforest
The Daintree Rainforest is a unique area, precariously balanced between the advances of development and the warnings of environmentalists.
The Daintree Rainforest north of Cairns in Tropical Far North Queensland Australia is one of the most diverse and beautiful examples of Mother Nature in the world.
Visiting the Daintree Rainforest exposes tourists to a wonderful outdoor experience:
www.daintreerainforest.com   (452 words)

  
 Daintree National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A typical rainforest scene in Daintree NP Daintree is a national park in Far North Queensland (Australia), 1502 km northwest of Brisbane and 100 km northwest of Cairns.
Much of the national park is covered by rainforest.
The park is the location of the bouncing stones Aboriginal site.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daintree_National_Park   (126 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Daintree National Park
Daintree National Park, national park in Australia in the northeastern part of the state of Queensland.
National Parks and Preserves, unique public lands or bodies of water within a country, set aside by the government to protect ecosystems, plant and...
Agriculture and mining provide a healthy economic base for the state of Queensland, Australia, but the fast-growing tourist industry has also...
encarta.msn.com /Daintree_National_Park.html   (136 words)

  
 Daintree Village Tourism Association - The Mossman - Daintree Region
The history of Daintree Village began with a settlement created by the original red cedar timber-cutters, was an inland port before the road to Mossman was completed in 1933, and gave it's name to Daintree National Park.
The Daintree Village region hosts a wide variety of accommodation options from luxury resort to budget cabins, various dining venues, souvenir shops, convenience store, artists' galleries including a timber museum, parklands with barbeque and picnic facilities, a public boat ramp and jetties for several tour boats operating on the Daintree River.
Daintree Village Tourism Association - The Mossman - Daintree Region
www.daintreevillage.asn.au /region.html   (1322 words)

  
 DesMoinesRegister.com Entertainment
Daintree National Park, Australia - "The guide does not like his guests to use mosquito repellent," the lodge manager warns.
Unfortunately, mosquitoes are everywhere in Daintree National Park.
Located between Cairns and Cooktown in northeastern Australia, the Daintree forms the heart of Queensland's Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, the largest tract of tropical rain forest surviving on the continent.
desmoinesregister.com /entertainment/stories/c2225555/20140174.html   (1081 words)

  
 Daintree-Nationalpark - Wikipedia
Der Daintree Nationalpark in Queensland, Australien umfasst einen 1200 Quadratkilometer großen Bereich zwischen den Flüssen Daintree und Bloomfield 100 km nordwestlich von Cairns.
Als Bestandteil der 450 km langen Küstenabschnittes Wet Tropics of Queensland zwischen Townsville und Cooktown zählt der Park seit 1988 zum Weltnaturerbe der UNESCO.
Obwohl die Naturschützer die Schlacht um die Straße letztendlich verloren, führte dies auf Bundesebene zu einem Umdenken der bislang praktizierten Tolerierung von kommerziellem Holzabbau.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daintree-Nationalpark   (222 words)

  
 Daintree Rainforest Australia - World Heritage Rainforest - Daintree National Park
Daintree National Park is a short distance away and north of Cape Tribulation are the majestic Bloomfield Falls, accessible by 4WD through true wilderness country of the Daintree Rainforest.
Daintree Australian is internationally recognised as one of several Australian premier bird watching locations.
The Daintree River estuary is home to a large variety of marine and terrestrial life-forms.
www.lecherdumonde.com.au /rainforest.html   (393 words)

  
 Cairns, Queensland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Daintree National Park and Cape Tribulation are popular areas for experiencing a true tropical rainforest.
According to national geologists and geographers, Cairns is the most likely place in Australia for a landslide to occur because of the fertile but weak clay based soils.
Among them is the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park, and Skyrail, a Gondola Cableway that extends for 7.5 km over World Heritage rainforest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cairns,_Queensland   (2506 words)

  
 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Daintree National Park
Daintree National Park, in north-eastern Queensland, Australia, established in 1988.
ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Daintree National Park
Litchfield National Park, national park located 130 km (81 mi) south of Darwin, in the Northern Territory, Australia.
au.encarta.msn.com /Daintree_National_Park.html   (66 words)

  
 Daintree Bed and Breakfast Daintree Drifters.
Unlike other bed and breakfast accommodation, Daintree Drifters has a central building with large kitchen and lounge, while accommodation is provided in separate private holiday cabins, set amongst beautiful coconut palms and lush tropical gardens, with the World Heritage rainforest of the Daintree National Park and the Great Barrier Reef at your doorstep.
Daintree Drifters is ideally located 19 kilometres north of the Daintree River and 17 kilometres south of Cape Tribulation.
Daintree Drifters Tropical Cabins offers bed and breakfast accommodation in the Daintree rainforest with a difference.
www.portdouglaswebs.com.au /accommodation/daintree/drifters   (782 words)

  
 Daintree NP
It occupies most of a larger region, known as the Wet Tropics of Queensland, which covers an area of about 9,300 square kilometres (3,594 square miles) and also takes in Cape Tribulation and Dagmar Range national parks, as well as several state forests.
The park was created in order to protect the rainforest from the threat of damage by tin mining, logging, or major road building, each of which was proposed during the 1980s.
The vegetation in the park includes members of the Proteaceae family (primitive flowering plants), more than 90 species of orchids, and a variety of ferns.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/queensland/daintree.asp   (521 words)

  
 Cape York Peninsula
The Daintree National Park is the most visited national park in Australia.
The Cape Tribulation section of the Daintree National Park involved a long, steep climb up with a very steep drop on one side of the road.
At Ellis Beach the caravan park between the road and the beach was reminiscent of the parks along the Nepean Highway.
members.iinet.net.au /~joyt/CapeYorkPeninsula.htm   (4142 words)

  
 Cape Tribulation, Daintree National Park - EPA/QPWS
Lush tropical rainforests and coral reefs meet in this scenic and popular coastal section of Daintree National Park stretching between the Daintree and Bloomfield Rivers.
The park is renowned for its rich diversity of plants and wildlife with lowland and upland rainforests, mangroves, swamps and heathlands.
Swimming is not recommended as estuarine crocodiles live in the park’s creeks and nearby coastal waters.
www.epa.qld.gov.au /projects/park/index.cgi?parkid=166   (502 words)

  
 Daintree Accommodation - Red Mill House Bed and Breakfast Accommodation - Daintree Rainforest Lodging
The World Heritage Area and Daintree National Park is a short distance to the north and Cape Tribulation is only 45 minutes across the ferry.
Daintree and Far North Queensland is renowned as one of Australia’s premium bird watching locations and seven of Australia’s Kingfishers have been spotted in the garden of Red Mill House.
Daintree Village is only 45 minutes drive from Port Douglas and we can organise snorkelling and diving trips to the Great Barrier Reef from there, and Mossman Gorge is only 30 minutes drive to the south.
www.redmillhouse.com.au   (578 words)

  
 Daintree Accommodation At Daintree Valley Haven Rainforest Bungalows Near Daintree National Park
Daintree Accommodation At Daintree Valley Haven Rainforest Bungalows Near Daintree National Park
Self-contained, air-conditioned B&B rainforest bungalows on a lovely secluded 30-acre property near Daintree National Park.
Daintree Valley Haven is the perfect hideaway lodging for couples, birdwatchers honeymooners, stressed-out executives or to simply escape and relax for a while during a busy holiday schedule.
www.daintreevalleyhaven.com.au   (373 words)

  
 Daintree Australia Rainforest Accommodation Daintree Views.
Accommodation at Daintree Australia - Daintree Views offers unique holiday accommodation in a private home surrounded by 20 acres of World Heritage rainforest (Daintree National Park) where you can experience the unspoilt beauty of the Daintree and Cape Tribulation region of Tropical North Queensland, Australia.
Daintree Views is located one hour's drive north of Port Douglas in Tropical North Queensland, Australia.
Daintree Views is located 3 kilometres from the ferry.
www.daintreeviews.com   (597 words)

  
 Daintree & Cape Tribulation Tourism Association - Cape Trib & Daintree National Park
The Daintree National Park is an ecotourism paradise, and there is a variety of accommodation close by.
Daintree & Cape Tribulation Tourism Association - Cape Trib & Daintree National Park
The Daintree Cape Tribulation coast is where the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree rainforest meet, the only place on earth where two World Heritage areas exist side by side.
www.dctta.asn.au   (225 words)

  
 Daintree Rainforest Discovery Centre - Daintree Rainforest Tours, Attractions - Cairns Australia
The Daintree Discovery Centre is an award-winning world class interpretive facility that allows visitors easy access to this unique rainforest wilderness via boardwalk tours, a 23 metre high Canopy Tower, Aerial Walkway and comprehensive Display Centre.
Established in 1989 the Centre is widely recognised as a leader in the field of eco-tourism and provides an excellent introduction to the wonders of the Daintree Rainforest.
This web site will provide a quick overview of the Daintree Discovery Centre: who we are, where we are and what we have to offer - including a range of eco-products available from our Environmental Shop.
www.daintree-rec.com.au   (166 words)

  
 daintree australia - sunzine - guide to daintree queensland australia
Around 17,000 hectares between Daintree River and Cape Tribulation is declared National Park and much of the area is also World Heritage listed to ensure protection of the rainforests.
The sealed road north of the Daintree River meanders through the lush rainforest covered Alexandra Range, to spectacular lookout points and glorious tropical beaches.
The Daintree Rainforests have been evolving for the past 120 million years.
www.sunzine.net /farnorth/daintree.html   (383 words)

  
 Daintree Info - Accommodation & Tours
Daintree Heritage Lodge is set beside a crystal clear lovely creek with rock pools in the rainforest.
The Daintree is situated an easy 2 hour drive north of Cairns and offers spectacular scenery and pristine beaches.
There is a variety of accommodation and many locally owned and operated tour companies offering excellent guided rainforest walks, river cruises and wildlife viewing around the area.
www.daintreeinfo.com   (322 words)

  
 Archive of 2001 Bloke on the Bike Site Daintree for Sale
This is not to be confused with the Daintree national park, which is on the north side of the river.
The Daintree national park does not begin once you cross the river.
The Daintree is a deceptive place, primarily in terms of where exactly it is. Firstly, there is the Daintree Village, which is on the south side of the Daintree River.
www.abc.net.au /bloke/2001/log/s323996.htm   (873 words)

  
 Bed Breakfasts accommodation list for Tropical North Queensland
Daintree Escape is a tranquil retreat set amidst secluded, tropical gardens in the heart of the enchanting Daintree Village surrounded by the Daintree Rainforest National Park.
Provides luxury bed and breakfast accommodation in the Daintree National Park with stunning views beyond the rainforest canopy to the Great Barrier Reef.
At the Daintree Mangrove Wildlife Sanctuary rare and endangered species such as the north-east Queensland's Golden-shouldered Parrot and Gouldian Finches are bred alongside our more common species.
www.bnbnq.com.au /list_nth.htm   (780 words)

  
 Daintree Village Tourism Association - Daintree Accommodation, Tours And Daintree River Cruises - Daintree To Mossman
Mossman is 15km north of Port Douglas, and Cape Tribulation is 38km north of the Daintree River Ferry.
The Daintree Village Tourism Association is a voluntary body comprising tourism operators and service providers within the travel industry operating between the Daintree River and the Mossman River north of Cairns in Tropical North Queensland.
Mossman River to Daintree Village is a picturesque 35 km, half-hour drive.
www.daintreevillage.asn.au   (225 words)

  
 Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge - Julatten, North Queensland, Australia
Daintree Village, where the tours start, is a 60-minute drive from Kingfisher Park.
Tucked away in the cool mountains at an altitude of 440m, in the quiet of the rainforest, our Park provides an ideal base for daily visits to other birdwatching areas in the region.
Red Mill House in Daintree Village is owned and operated by two enthusiastic birdwatchers with good local birding knowledge.
www.birdwatchers.com.au   (1041 words)

  
 bed and breakfast accommodation cape tribulation daintree
Cape Tribulation is situated in the heart of the Daintree National Park, 70 km.
Cape Tribulation is where the Daintree rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef and this assures a wide variety of activities to explore this very special part of our planet and therefore a stay of at least two or three nights is recommended.
Bed and breakfast style accommodation at Cape Tribulation in the Daintree.
www.rainforesthideaway.com   (407 words)

  
 Daintree Cape Tribulation Heritage Lodge - an Australian rainforest resort with cabin accommodation for the perfect spa retreat
Heritage is a boutique cabin style rainforest resort set onto Cooper Creek and adjoining Cape Tribulation National Park.
Just 18km across the Daintree River, north of Cairns, there is a paradise hidden in the lowland rainforest, where guests can "Experience the Living Museum".
Set in four clearings of dense rainforest, the Daintree Cape Tribulation Heritage Lodge is a boutique cabin style resort.
www.heritagelodge.net.au   (331 words)

  
 Cape Tribulation Retreat-Bed Breakfasts-Accommodation-Daintree
The Daintree, incorporating Cape Tribulation National Park, is the oldest and second largest living rainforest in the world; estimated to be over 110 million years old.
Daintree National Park, including Cape Tribulation, was World Heritage listed in 1988.
Cape Tribulation is a little over two hours drive north of Cairns in Far North Queensland; a beautiful example of Australia's natural heritage with long isolated stretches of beach and lush rainforest covered mountains in the background.
www.capetribretreat.com.au   (284 words)

  
 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ACT travel guide - Australia
Namadgi National Park is situated just south of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory.
The park sits on the northern end of the Australian Alps with snowfalls likely in the winter months, mainly on the higher areas of the Brindabella and Bimberi Ranges.
All parties planning to visit the remote areas should be well prepared and record details of their trip in the bushwalking registers located at the visitor centre and elsewhere in the park.
www.atn.com.au /nsw/south/parks-a.htm   (289 words)

  
 Cow Bay..misnomer Daintree
There is a National Park adjacent to these freehold lands, it was called Cape Tribulation National Park, but in February 1995 the Government decided to change the name of this National Park to Daintree National Park Cape Tribulation section.
The term "The Daintree" is very misleading and all encompassing the area people are refering to holds within it National Parks, Towns, Villages, small settlements, freehold, rural and residential properties.
Thank you for your interest, there are maps of the subdivision available as well as maps of the National Park Boundaries and surrounds.
users.ledanet.com.au /~spider/cowbayweb.html   (3723 words)

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