Brampton Islands National Park
Brampton is one of the Cumberland Islands, named by Captain Cook after the Duke of Cumberland in 1770. Lying to the south of the Whitsunday Islands, they are often called the southern Whitsundays. The nearest place on the mainland is Mackay.
Brampton is a hilly and densely wooded island with an area of 4.6 sq.km, rising to 219m at its highest point.
Brampton is a hilly and densely wooded island with an area of 4.6 sq.km, rising to 219m at its highest point.
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Like the Whitsunday Islands, it is surrounded by coral reefs, with the outer reef lying some 40km away. On the coasts are mangrove swamps and in the interior are coconut palms, originally planted at the end of the 19th C.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Mackay Office
Wood Street
Mackay, QLD 4740
Australia
Wood Street
Mackay, QLD 4740
Australia
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Cumberland Islands, Australia
At low tide it is possible to walk over a sandbank to Carlisle Island and to tiny Pelican Island.
Most of the islands of varying sizes in the Cumberland Group, some 70 in all, have been declared national parks. There are no holiday settlements, and camping is possible only on some of the islands; a permit is required (obtainable from the QNPWS information bureau in Mackay) and campers must take their own provisions.
Most of the islands of varying sizes in the Cumberland Group, some 70 in all, have been declared national parks. There are no holiday settlements, and camping is possible only on some of the islands; a permit is required (obtainable from the QNPWS information bureau in Mackay) and campers must take their own provisions.
