“contains some of the oldest surviving rainforests in the world”
Wooroonooran is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1367 km northwest of Brisbane, between Innisfail and Cairns. The park is one of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area series of national parks, and is a gazetted World Heritage site. Declared in 1988, the World Heritage area stretches from Townsville in the south to Cooktown in the north, and contains some of the oldest surviving rainforests in the world. The national park covers most of Bellenden Ker Range and includes Queensland's two highest mountains, Mount Bartle Frere (1622 m) and Mount Bellenden Ker (1592 m). Walshs Pyramid at 922 m in height, is located just south of Gordonvale and is one of the highest free-standing natural pyramids in the world. It also includes the parts of Australia that on average receive the most rainfall each year. The park has two sections: the Palmerston and the Josephine sections.Both the North and South branches of the Johnstone River flow through the Palmerston section.
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We took a turn of our route to Mission beach when we saw the sign 'Josephine Falls', which sounded great. That took us directly to this place, which was so worth it! the water is very cold, perfect for a hot day. It wasn't overcrowded and had a little natural rock slide as the moss makes the rocks slippy. There was also one single big black fancy fish in the pool, no idea how he got there. Really worth the visit.
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