 The climate of Cardwell (note the precipitation scale: maximum 2000mm/a).
 The climate of Lucinda (note the precipitation scale: maximum 1000mm/a). Hinchinbrook Island is an island in tropical north Queensland, between the mainland and the Great Barrier Reef, and between the region's major cities Townsville and Cairns (about 180km south of Cairns and 120km north of Townsville). Most of it as well as the adjacent Hinchinbrook Channel and the nearby Goold Island belong to Australia' largest island National Park -- the Hinchinbrook Island National Park. The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada A national park is a reserve of land, usually, but not always (see National Parks of England and Wales), declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ...
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Cardwell is a town and Local Government Area in the northeastern part of the state of Queensland on the east coast of Australia. ...
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The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the worlds largest coral reef system,[1][2] composed of roughly 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for 2,600 kilometres (1,616 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (132,974 sq mi). ...
‎ The Strand CBD from Museum of Tropical Queensland, features Castle Hill in background Townsville (Postcodes: 4810-4819) is an urban centre on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. ...
Cairns is a regional city located in far north Queensland, Australia. ...
Nature Hinchinbrook Island came into being when after the last ice age the sea level rose and flooded nowaday's Hinchinbrook Channel which had up to then been a valley in a mountain range. Thus, Hinchinbrook Island was originally a mountain, belonging to a huge mountain range to which then also now submerged parts of the Great Barrier Reef belonged.
Today, the shores of Hinchinbrook Channel or Hinchinbrook Passage and the northwest of the isle situated Missionary Bay are covered with extensive and very biodiverse mangroves, and the sea grass beds in the adjoining relatively shallow waters are grazed by dugongs, members of a threatened species of seacows. Hinchinbrook Island's eastern seaboard is mainly rocky and sandy, only around the estuaries of the larger creeks grow mangroves. It borders the Great Barrier Reef. Above and below water view at the edge of the mangal. ...
Johnsons seagrass in Florida coast Seagrass (or sea-grass in British English) is a term that refers to flowering plants from two plant families (Potamogetonaceae and Hydrocharitacea) that grow in the marine environment. ...
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Families Dugongidae Trichechidae †Prorastomidae †Protosirenidae For information about the Gothic metal band, see Sirenia (band) Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. ...
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The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the worlds largest coral reef system,[1][2] composed of roughly 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for 2,600 kilometres (1,616 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (132,974 sq mi). ...
The island itself is wild, mountainous and covered with thick bush, heath and forests. It is a refuge for numerous endangered species of plants and animals like the Giant Tree Frog. For other uses, see Mountain (disambiguation). ...
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[[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Litoria infrafrenata Günther, 1876 Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} {{{subdivision_ranks}}} [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} The giant tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata), also comonly known as the white-lipped tree frog, is the largest species of tree frog on earth. ...
The island's highest point is Mount Bowen, whose summit is at 1,121 metres or 3,747 feet above sea level. It was once a volcano like many of the other peaks of the island as well. Mount Bowen is located on Hinchinbrook Island, off the north east coast of Queensland, Australia. ...
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 Nina Peak and the cloud shrouded Mount Bowen from the beach at Ramsey Bay. The climate is tropical, partly rather wet, partly rather dry (see diagrams). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 551 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 705 pixel, file size: 78 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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Mount Bowen is located on Hinchinbrook Island, off the north east coast of Queensland, Australia. ...
Other conservation parks nearby A few kilometres to the north of this park are Goold Island National Park and beyond that the Family Islands National Park. Goold Island is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1250 km northwest of Brisbane. ...
Family Islands is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1274 km northwest of Brisbane. ...
The waters around Hinchinbrook Island are part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australias Great Barrier Reef from activities that would damage it. ...
History Prior to European settlement Hinchinbrook Island was inhabited by the Bandjin people, who also settled on the coastal strip on the other side of the Hinchinbrook Channel. They left shell middens, which still testify the former inhabitation of the island by aboriginals. A midden, also known as kitchen middens, is a dump for domestic waste. ...
In 1770 A.D. James Cook and his crew on HMS Endeavour sailed past in some distance east of Hinchinbrook Island. Its current name received Hinchinbrook Island on the 19th May 1819 A.D. from Lieutenant Phillip Parker King RN (1791-1856) - naval officer, hydrographer and company manager - who then explored the north-eastern coast of Australia on the HM Colonial Cutter Mermaid, "possibly because Hinchinbrook was one of the titles held by the Montagu family, formerly Earls of Halifax, so King related the Island to Halifax Bay (named by Cook)" [1]. This article is about the British explorer. ...
Admiral Philip Parker King, F.R.S. (13 December 1793-1856) was an early explorer of the Australian coast. ...
In the following decades a few European settlers came to the island who fished, farmed or mined there. However, never has a large part of the island been affected by these economic efforts.
In 1932 AD most of the island was declared a national park, which it is still today -- Australia's largest island national park.
Tourism
Destinations & Regulations Apart from being an important nature reserve, Hinchinbrook Island is also an important (eco-)tourism destination. It is concentrated mainly on two parts of the isle:
 Zoe Falls, Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland (1) There is a small resort on the northern tip of Hinchinbrook Island, Cape Richards, which lies outside the national park area. In it are the only remaining inhabitable buildings on the isle. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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(2) Along the eastern coast of the island leads the 32 Km or 20 miles Thorsborne Trail, which has been named so in honour of the scientists and environmental activists Arthur and Margaret Thorsborne. The walk is for experienced walkers only and usually takes at least 4 days to complete. Margaret Thorsborne (born 1927) is an Australian naturalist, conservationist and environmental activist. ...
Camping on the island is by permit only. Numbers are restricted to protect the park from environmental degradation. No open fires are permitted at any time and visitors should be aware that many crocodiles live in the islands waterways. It is possible to apply online for a camping permit at this EPA web page. These steps are meant to protect the unique and delicate habitats with the aim of preserving biodiversity. Car camping is camping in a tent, but nearby the car for easier access and for supply storage. ...
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Permit, named in honor of the permit, a food fish, often called round pompano, found in waters from North Carolina to Brazil. ...
Rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity is the variation of taxonomic life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth. ...
 False-colour image of Hinchinbrook Island On the mainland near Hinchinbrook Island are e.g. Lumholtz National Park and Edmund Kennedy National Park. Day visitor pressure on Hinchinbrook Island is increasing due to adjacent coastal canal estate developments. Also, some feel that wilderness values across the island are being threatened because of development into Hinchinbrook Channel from Port Hinchinbrook. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 132 KB) Summary NASA Applied Sciences Directorate https://zulu. ...
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Lumholtz is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1291 km northwest of Brisbane. ...
Edmund Kennedy is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1269 km northwest of Brisbane. ...
Travelling to & fro There are two ferries to Hinchinbrook Island:
(1) Hinchinbrook Wilderness Safaris provides ferry services between Lucinda on the mainland and George Point on the south-eastern corner of Hinchinbrook Island. They also offer a minibus shuttle service between Lucinda and Ingham when required. (2) Hinchinbrook Island Ferries provide ferry services between the north-eastern parts of Hinchinbrook Island (Ramsay Bay, Macushla, Cape Richards) and Port Hinchinbrook on the mainland with bus connection to Cardwell.
Further Information
See also Mount Bowen is located on Hinchinbrook Island, off the north east coast of Queensland, Australia. ...
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Agnes Island is a very small island a few hundred metres East of Hinchinbrook Island. ...
References - Hema maps. (1997). Discover Australia's National Parks. pp 178 - 179 Random House. ISBN 1-875992-47-2
- Matthew Fletcher et al.: Walking in Australia. Lonely Planet 2001. ISBN 0-86442-669-0
- topographic maps of SunMap (Queensland Government: Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water) [2] or Geoscience Australia www.ga.gov.au, respectively
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Aerial photos & maps Coordinates: 18°21′47″S 146°14′10″E / -18.363, 146.236 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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