Hinchinbrook Island National Park Hinchinbrook
Hinchinbrook is one of Australia's largest island national parks (39,900 hectares). The island is within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and is separated from the mainland by the scenic Hinchinbrook Channel. Hinchinbrook's cloud-covered mountains, reaching 1000 metres, support fragile heath vegetation. Patches of lush rainforest and extensive eucalypt forest descend to a mangrove-fringed channel in the west with sweeping bays and rocky headlands along the east coast. Explore the eastern side of the island along the 32 kilometre Thorsborne Trail. The trail is very popular and often fully booked during peak periods and school holidays. A minimum of three nights and four days is required to traverse the trail between Ramsay Bay and George Point.