Tully-Gorge-Nationalpark

The Tully Gorge National Park (English Tully Gorge National Park ) is a 598.6 square kilometer national park in Queensland, Australia. Due to a large number of endemic bird species, the park is part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area and the UNESCO World Heritage Wet Tropics of Queensland.

Location

The park is located in the region of North Queensland and is located about 60 kilometers west of Innisfail and 90 kilometers south-west of Cairns. The Tully Falls, Wooroonooran, Japoon and Koombooloomba National Park located in the immediate neighborhood. The car park can be reached via a 35 km access road that branches off from the Bruce Highway at Tully.

Description

The Tully Gorge ( dt: Tully Gorge ) is one of the wettest areas in the Wet Tropics. The Tully River with its many tributaries rushes down the slopes of the Cardwell Range and flows into the covered with dense tropical rain forest gorge towards the sea. A short trail leads from the Tully Gorge campsite through the rainforest, where you can watch butterflies especially in the period from September to February. A challenging hike begins near the town of Tully and leads to the 678 meter summit of Mount Tyson with beautiful views of the coast and the offshore Hinchinbrook Iceland. A further attraction is the alligator nest named, not after the reptile but after the scout group, The Alligators, a sandy swimming area 6 km north of Tully. The park has two campgrounds.