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Alexandra Lookout

TAKE A WALK ON THE

WILD SIDE

Tropical North Queensland is one big outdoor adventure and hidden under
the forest canopies hugging Port Douglas are trails filled with free range
nature play for your tribe to take a walk on the wild side.
WORDS by Cassie Flinn
So let’s switch up family FUNday by simply palms looking back along the entire sandy track levels out and takes you another 2kms
lacing up your sneakers, locking away beach stretch continuing then further up into the rainforest where you can trek across
your wallet, and hanging up your car keys. to a super fun suspended viewing platform an unkept trail to the waterfall or along a
It’s time to head for the hills. It’s all about over the Coral Sea. The dirt track then heads maintained track to Robbins Creek for a
inhaling the green goodness, soaking up into native bushland with a series of varying safe splash about and cool down. Then it’s a
the wild sights and sounds and exhaling gradient hills and steps rewarded with matter of what goes up must come down for
the everyday stresses when you explore the pocket views across the Daintree Ranges, the return trip which the kids will zip through.
jungle tracks with your tiny trail blazers. Snapper Island and Low Isles. There is a
water fountain and a seat mid-way for a little Hartleys Creek Waterfall
TOP 5 TRACKS rest and recovery and a peaceful welcome at If your gang has stamina in spades then head
Little Cove where the youngsters are likely to off the beaten track in search of Hartley’s
For eco exploring families to immerse, make a run for it to climb the giant fig tree or Creek Waterfall. This 7km return adventure
unplug & reconnect in nature play in the park. starts at Wangetti on the Captain Cook
Highway and follows the creek uphill along a
Flagstaff Hill Bump Track bush track. At about 2.5kms it opens up with
Fastly becoming a ‘must do’ in Port is the The popular section of this track in the granite rock formations and shady rainforest
Flagstaff Hill Walking track which connects Mowbray Valley packs a punch with no warm- that you can slide into for a quick dip with
the iconic Four Mile Beach and Rex Smeal up path, instead an instant hill and steps to flowing water. Then it’s time to soldier on
Park around the outer rim of Port Douglas’s climb up amongst the Eucalypts to almost continuously striding up and down from
peninsula. You can opt to join the 1.5km 400m above sea level. When you proudly ridge to creek bed. The final stage requires
track from either insta worthy viewpoints or conquer the first 2kms look out across the some rock scrambling to reach the waterfall
make it a 3km return trip. ranges to the Coral Sea and waterfall in the and crystal clear swimming hole but it is
Starting off beachside begins with a series of valley. Along the way there are lots of stop totally worth the soothing sounds, cool
steps that bring you high above the coconut points to catch your breath with historic water temps and absolute serenity … well as
information to read together. From here the much peace as you can have with kids in tow.
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