Cardwell Attractions
Cardwell (pop. 1280) is now a quiet little coastal town. It is set against a backdrop of rugged hills and sheltered on the east by Hinchinbrook Island, with the largest island National Park (magnificent bush walking through tropical forest).
Cardwell offers good fishing and attractive boat trips. In the past it was of importance as a gateway to the interior, for before the foundation of Cooktown in 1873 Cardwell was the only port between Bowen, far to the south, and the northern tip of the Cape York Peninsula, from which supplies were conveyed to the Etheridge goldfields.
Cardwell offers good fishing and attractive boat trips. In the past it was of importance as a gateway to the interior, for before the foundation of Cooktown in 1873 Cardwell was the only port between Bowen, far to the south, and the northern tip of the Cape York Peninsula, from which supplies were conveyed to the Etheridge goldfields.
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Edmund Kennedy National Park
6200ha.
In 1848 Edmund Kennedy set out on his ill-fated expedition from Rockingham Bay to Cape York. Inexperienced, poorly equipped and with misleading maps, the party found no way north and Kennedy was killed by Aborigines. The national park takes in a stretch of country typical of the wet tropics, with rain forest, open woodland, palms, marshland and mangrove swamps along the coast and the numerous rivers. There are boardways through the mangrove swamps.
In 1848 Edmund Kennedy set out on his ill-fated expedition from Rockingham Bay to Cape York. Inexperienced, poorly equipped and with misleading maps, the party found no way north and Kennedy was killed by Aborigines. The national park takes in a stretch of country typical of the wet tropics, with rain forest, open woodland, palms, marshland and mangrove swamps along the coast and the numerous rivers. There are boardways through the mangrove swamps.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Rainforest and Reef Centre
Box 74
Cardwell, QLD 4849
Australia
Box 74
Cardwell, QLD 4849
Australia
