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Island in Queensland, Australia
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Hinchinbrook Island National Park is in North Queensland, Australia. The continental island massif is east of Cardwell on the tropical Cassowary Coast. Lucinda via Ingham in the Hinchinbrook Shire provides southern access to Hinchinbrook Channel and Hinchinbrook Island.
Hinchinbrook Island Wilderness Lodge
The only lodging on Hinchinbrook Island with restaurant and pool. Closed February - March.
Comfortable lodging, TV and telephone intentionally omitted, "Escape to the Real World."
Seasoned dwellings, sparsely equipped with basic kitchen facilities.
Getting to the island is not easy, and it can only be reached by boat. Your two choices are either by your own private boat or using the ferries which go to both ends of the Thorsborne Trail.
Read in the guideThe only means of transport on the island are the transfer operators, on foot and by sea kayak. The only two kayak operators licensed to operate on the island are:
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