Camper Trailer Australia – August 2019

Cape Tribulation, flanked by the Daintree

BELTER BEACHES

Body Board at Ellis
Fringed by mango trees and coconut palms, Ellis Beachis
where Cairns’ locals take their body boards to ride thege
kid-friendly waves and picnic beneath the paperbarks.It
the north’s only beachfront campground and the café-bar
across the road serves killer breakfasts and has live music
weekend-long.

When you go: Follow the Captain Cook Highwayp
Palm Cove to Ellis Beach. Peak season powered sitescost
50 fortwo(ellisbeach.com).

Discover Cape Trib
Shadowed by misty mountains and protecting worldheri
listed crocodile and cassowary habitat, Cape Tribulation
severs two stellar sweeps of sand. To escape the crowds
gathered on Cape Tribulation’s northern beach, follow
iridescent blue Ulysses butterflies south over the rainfore
Cape Tribulation saddle to magical Myall Beach. Headher
dawn to beat the backpackers and plant the first footstep
the sand.

When you go: Cross the Daintree River by ferry,
110km north of Cairns (open daily 6am to midnight) and
continue 35km to Cape Tribulation. At Noah Beach, 8km away,
beachfront camps cost $6.65/person ($26.60/family, qpws.
usedirect.com).

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Kid-friendly Ellis Beach

WHEN TO VISIT

Clear skies and stinger-free seas

make the dry season (May to

October) the best time to visit.

TOP CAMPS

Babinda Boulders (free for three

nights, 60km south of Cairns); Noah

Beach (Daintree National Park) and

Lake Tinaroo (Danbulla National

Park), both costing $6.65/person or

$26.60/family.

DON’T MISS

Cairns Festival (August 23-

September 1), Palm Cove Reef Feast

(October), Tablelands Folk Festival

(October).

CONTACT

Find out more at cairns.qld.gov.au or

wettropics.gov.au and book national

park campsites at parks.des.qld.gov.

au ($6.55pp).

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