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Name: Cape Palmerston National Park
City, State: Queensland Australia
What's it like?
Cape Palmerston National Park is one of those remote, natural experiences where visitors really feel they have left civilisation behind. The cape is virtually unchanged since Captain James Cook sailed past in 1770.
Location
Cape Palmerston is 115km south of Mackay on the Bruce
Highway (Highway One). The cape is 4WD-only territory. Turn left at Ilbilbie and
take the Notch Point Road for 4.4km before turning left onto Greenhill Road and
following the gravel for 2.5km. Then turn left onto wheel tracks and after 3.5km
there is a junction. Turning left will take you along the inland road to Cape
Palmerston, while turning right will lead you along the beach. It will take about
an hour-and-a-half to get to the camp area at Cape Creek via the inland road.
The beach access-way has soft sand, which can cause bogging if not travelling
with care.
Bushwalks
While there are no official bushwalks, a lookout point on top of Cape Palmerston provides a beautiful view of the Northumberland Isles.
Special flora and fauna
This is a real getaway from it all paradise. The Cape has sand dunes, swamplands and mangroves, open eucalypt forests and ironbarks. You might spot white-breasted wood swallows and finches darting through the grass trees while ospreys and sea eagles soar above.
Things to do
There's bush and beach walking, beach fishing and nature photography to be done. Bird watching is a good pastime at the swamplands along the inland road.
Accommodation
At Cape Palmerston you have to be totally self-sufficient. Carry all food, water and fuel requirements. The best campsites are under the casuarina trees behind the beach south of Coconut Point and at Clarke Bay.
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