The Great Tropical Drive

Queensland | Write a review | March 31, 2010

On the Great Tropical Drive, along the drive explore amazing 13 trails of the most popular attractions of tropical Australia. Start your drive from Townsville and Cairns to the some of the amazing places, such as Daintree Rainforest, Hinchinbrook Island, the Great Barrier Reef, as well as Undara Lava Tubes, discovering more surprising thing on the way – in less than few hours.

Undoubtedly, Cairns is a gateway to the world’s largest natural wonder, Great Barrier Reef. And people from all across the world come here to have a wonderful time exploring colorful underwater life. The nearby towns are great for accommodations and conveniences that any traveler would wish for. Most of the people overlook the other extravagant parts of this region.

To begin your exploration, start your driving journey from Cairns towards north direction and just at the twenty minutes distance drive, you will come across to Palm Cove. Except being the Australia’s spa capital and many gorgeous resorts, the main attraction is the Cairns Tropical Zoo. It’s a great place to view Australia’s rare and astonishing wild animals. Just little away from here, you will come upon Port Douglas, which is a classy resort with marvelous accommodation and tours offers. People from all across the world come to this resort to enjoy sunshine and luxurious life. The best part of the resort is the Rainforest Habitat wildlife Sanctuary. It’s an award winning sanctuary of Queensland, Australia, where you will get to see huge variety of flora and fauna and wildlife. Great place to explore grassland, wetlands and much more for nature lovers!

Just at 68 miles away from the Cairns, further from Port Douglas, you will come to the Daintree forest. Cape Tribulation is something people who visited here wont stop praising it. Cape Tribulation Coast joins the two world’s natural wonders and heritage sites – Daintree forest and Great Barrier Reef. The drive further between Port Douglas and Cooktown, as the road is uneven and bumpy, so make sure you drive four-wheeler vehicle to reach Daintree forest.

Most of the tourists visit Cooktown to catch and release giant fish. Cooktown is the last well preserved tropical port town of Australia. It’s a great place fishing and strolling along the long untouched beaches as well as to explore the Great Barrier Reef which rests ahead. The town is very relaxing and has laid-back ambience with Australian spirit all across.

Move ahead from the coast towards the hinterland trails. From the inland of Cairns, just an hour less, travel through the Atherton Tablelands’ rainforest, rolling hills, waterfalls, and mountains.

Between the roadway of Cairns and the Tablelands, you will come across a village named Kuranda. It’s a great place for souvenir markets and other attractions such as award-winning Skyrail cableway, heritage steam train as well as Rainforestation Nature Park, which offers you memorable tour on an army duck.

The Atherton Tablelands also offer to view roos and crocs, as well variety of colorful tropical birds throughout the twenty square kilometers Mareeda Wetland tour. It’s just amazing to see wetlands creatures from less distance.

While driving transversely the tablelands, to the Charters Towers, you’ll notice impressive buildings, which are souvenir of the late 19th-century flourish that saw dwelling of 30,000 residents.

The Townsville city is 133 kilometers away from the Charter Towers. Townsville city is a tourist’s attraction for its many well-known museums and have a Headquarter of Reefs; it is a huge aquarium with diverse giant coral reefs on displays. Except for strolling on the beach, you can enjoy scuba diving and snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef by available facility of ferries to drop there. The best place to unwind you is the Magnetic Island which is situated offshore. Great place to relax, which also has stunning, untouched beaches, picnic tables and four lively villages.

Traveling further to the west of Ingham Coast, which is close by Hinchinbrook Island, it offers an extravagant view of Wallaman Falls. It is the highest waterfall in Australia and falls from the height of 305 meters and is twenty meters deep. On the way, explore Innisfail coast’s beaches, as well the conserved rainforest. The coastline also has beautiful resorts, Dunk Island and Mission Beach, which are resorts destination, offering a quite and relaxed appeal beauty.

As the Cairns appear in front of your windscreen again, it’s been a complete circle of your driving journey. The entire experience will be an instigating as well as exclusive combination of the finest natural attractions of Australia.