Tropical Zone Gardening: Trekking Hinchinbrook Island, 1 by tropicbreeze

tropicbreeze wrote:
Just thought I'd share some photos of the trek I did a couple of weeks ago when over in Queensland.

Hinchinbrook Island is Australia's largest island national park covering 39,900 hectares and falls within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. It's part of the continent separated from the mainland by rising sea levels.

The island's protected from overuse by an access permit system which allows only a maximum of 40 people on it at any one time, and a maximum number of 6 in a group.

There's a rough but marked trail running along the eastern side of the island for 32 kilometres called the Thorsborne Trail. This is usually done in 4 days with part of the first and last days being taken up with getting to and from the island.

There are designated campgrounds with pit toilets, water is obtained from running streams.

Use of the park is subject to "minimal impact bushwalking" and "no-trace camping" principles. No open fires are permitted but small portable liquid or gas fuelled camping stoves are allowed. There's no rubbish bins on the island and all rubbish must be carried out.

The first photo shows the start at the southern end of the island, George Point.
Photo 01