The Palmerston (Doongan) Section of Wooroonooran National Park is home to some of the oldest continuously surviving rainforest in Australia; visit the website for details of camping grounds and walking trails.
Wooroonooran National Park
Townsville & Mission Beach
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
11.68 MILES
Set beside a series of creeks and waterfalls 50km northwest of Mission Beach (and with at least one resident croc), this unusual tropical park is a…
22.01 MILES
This welcoming spot is a great place to have a break from your Tablelands travels; its quaint, kid-pleasing dairy museum highlights the dairy-farming…
19.79 MILES
Babinda Boulders is a natural gorge where a photogenic creek rushes between 4m-high granite rocks. It’s croc-free, but waters can turn treacherous after…
Millstream Falls National Park
21.18 MILES
This park is made up of two sections: Big Millstream Falls and Little Millstream Falls. The Big Falls are reputedly Australia's widest single-drop…
13.63 MILES
Josephine Falls is a series of cascades over eroded granite boulders as the creek trickles – often sometimes flows – down from the misty Bellenden Kerr…
23.54 MILES
This park's eponymous main attraction – the eerie Mt Hypipamee Crater – is an unplumbed volcanic pipe more than 80m deep; the granite walls that plunge to…
16.59 MILES
If you don't have the time to spend hours sitting quietly beside a stream, this family-friendly place offers your best chance to spot a platypus in the…
27.27 MILES
Kids absolutely adore this working farm, with 500 milking cows, tons of other friendly critters and a cheese factory (not to mention the handmade…
Nearby Townsville & Mission Beach attractions
11.68 MILES
Set beside a series of creeks and waterfalls 50km northwest of Mission Beach (and with at least one resident croc), this unusual tropical park is a…
13.63 MILES
Josephine Falls is a series of cascades over eroded granite boulders as the creek trickles – often sometimes flows – down from the misty Bellenden Kerr…
16.59 MILES
If you don't have the time to spend hours sitting quietly beside a stream, this family-friendly place offers your best chance to spot a platypus in the…
19.79 MILES
Babinda Boulders is a natural gorge where a photogenic creek rushes between 4m-high granite rocks. It’s croc-free, but waters can turn treacherous after…
5. Millstream Falls National Park
21.18 MILES
This park is made up of two sections: Big Millstream Falls and Little Millstream Falls. The Big Falls are reputedly Australia's widest single-drop…
22.01 MILES
This welcoming spot is a great place to have a break from your Tablelands travels; its quaint, kid-pleasing dairy museum highlights the dairy-farming…
22.12 MILES
In addition to selling cheap, from-the-farmer fruit and veggies, this market hosts the G-String Choir and turns on a mean Devonshire tea. It's held…
22.25 MILES
Spread your towel at the shady, croc-free Malanda Falls, which have been tamed into a kind of public swimming pool. The falls don't fall as dramatically…