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Walks, Tracks and Trails of Queensland's Tropics

Paperback
June 2016
9781486303076
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  • Publisher
    CSIRO Publishing
  • Published
    8th June 2016
  • ISBN 9781486303076
  • Language English
  • Pages 288 pp.
  • Size 6.75" x 9.5"
  • Images 500 full color photos & 120 maps
$28.95

Queensland’s Tropics provide numerous environments for enjoyable walking: from lush rainforests, cloud-shrouded mountains and extinct volcanoes to drier savanna woodlands and magnificent beaches on the coast and Great Barrier Reef islands. This book brings together more than 150 of the best walks, tracks or trails in Queensland’s Tropics, located within the coastal strip between Rockhampton and Cooktown. Walks vary from short boardwalk strolls in the lowland rainforests of Daintree National Park to 4-6 day hiking and camping trips on Hinchinbrook Island. Other routes follow old gold miners’ and forestry tracks, coaching routes, historical sites, and Aboriginal communication tracks where Dreamtime stories add a further dimension. Most routes are best completed during the "Dry" season (May to October) and walked by moderately fit individuals.

* Easy-to-interpret maps and full color photos are included to help you navigate the 150 walks,
tracks and trails
* Routes can be walked by moderately fit individuals and do not require specialist navigation
* The book’s size makes it convenient to carry in the backpack or glove compartment

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Rockhampton - Yeppoon
Mackay - Cape Hillsborough
Whitsundays
Bowen
Townsville
Ingham - Cardwell
Tully - Mission Beach
Innisfail - Cairns
Atherton - Herberton
Cairns
Mossman - Cape Tribulation
Bloomfield River - Cooktown

Derrick Stone

Derrick Stone is a keen outdoors person who enjoys bushwalking and exploring new environments. Derrick wrote Walks, Tracks and Trails of Victoria and Walks, Tracks and Trails of New South Wales (both published by CSIRO Publishing). Derrick has further increased his knowledge of the natural environment through his profession as a freelance graphic designer with a long history of producing books associated with natural history.