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WHAT IS THE GREAT TROPICAL DRIVE?

The Great Tropical Drive is a self-drive route that will take you from Cairns and Townsville to some amazing places in Tropical Australia - less than a few hours away !

Enjoy the whole Great Tropical Drive
Follow the Great Tropical Drive for 12 days and 2079 kilometres to some of Australia’s best known attractions - the Great Barrier Reef, Daintree Rainforest, Hinchinbrook Island and Undara Lava Tubes - and be prepared for many unexpected discoveries along the way.

Or take a shorter Discovery Trail
You can choose from 13 Discovery Trails – each one a unique itinerary that will give you a taste of Tropical Australia: from overnight drives onto the Tablelands, to week-long 4WD and campervan adventures into the goldfields.

What would you like to do?
Find out how to get to Tropical Australia
Climate Information and weather
View a map of the Great Tropical Drive and all the discovery trails (PDF document)
View the Great Tropical Drive itinerary (trail 1)
Search - for a Discovery Trail
Find out more about the Heritage pubs of
North Queensland
exploring national parks
Drive Highlights
Wallaman Falls - See trail 2 and trail 11
White Water Rafting - See trail 2 and trail 10
Fossicking on the gemfields - See trail 8
Lucinda Jetty - See trail 2 and trail 11
Ancient Indigenous rock paintings - See trail 4
Undara Lava Tubes - See trail 7
Taste fresh grown coffee - See trail 6
Cape Tribulation - See trail 3
Ghosts of Gold Heritage Trail - See trail 13
Crystal clear Crater Lakes - See trail 5
Bowling Green Bay National Park - See trail 14

 


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