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Ravenshoe , Tropical North Queensland |
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| Millstream Falls is reputedly Australia's widest single-drop waterfall. The falls flow over the edge of a columnar basalt lava flow, a legacy of the Atherton Tableland's volcanic past. Millstream Falls National Park is on the western edge of the World Heritage Area. These are the widest falls in Australia, spilling ove |
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Ravenshoe , Tropical North Queensland |
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| Misty Mountains is a 130 kilometre network of short walks and long-distance hiking trails, rewarding bushwalkers with attractive waterfalls, lush rainforest and panoramic views. Several of the tracks follow ridgelines traditionally used by Aboriginal people travelling between 'yabulmbara', the coastal plain, and 'gambi |
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Ravenshoe , Tropical North Queensland |
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| Follow the scenic Tully Falls Road to the spectacular Tully Gorge Lookout. The falls only run in a big wet season, but the walls of raw rock and rainforest which plunge 300 metres (984 feet) down to the Tully River are still an awe-inspiring sight. An 800 metre track takes walkers to the Tully River above the falls. It |
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Ravenshoe , Tropical North Queensland |
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| Windy Hill Wind Farm is Queensland's largest wind farm with 20 windmills producing enough power for 3,500 homes. Windy Hill Wind Farm is located about three kilometres from Ravenshoe, which is situated 920 metres above sea level (highest town in Queensland,) on privately owned Atherton Tableland dairy farmland. It is |
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Ravenshoe , Tropical North Queensland |
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| The power station was commissioned in 1999, and was developed in line with principles of environmentally sustainable development. Its location in Lake Koombooloomba in Far North Queensland's Wet Tropics World Heritage Area finally put into use infrastructure established when the dam was constructed in 1960. The origina |
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Ravenshoe , Tropical North Queensland |
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| Plunging over the edge of a columnar basalt lava flow, Big Millstream Falls is reputedly the widest single-drop waterfall in Australia. A walking track leads to a viewing area over the falls. Here, in the rainshadow of the eastern dividing ranges, the dry, open woodland vegetation is dominated by eucalypts.
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Ravenshoe , Tropical North Queensland |
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| Stereotyped images of nomads moving in dry, hot desert landscapes, living in basic shelters and eating kangaroo cooked on an open fire are often associated with Aboriginal cultures today.
But the Jirrbal people do not fit this mould.
In Tropical North Queensland, where it rains for weeks, and rivers and creeks surg |
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Ravenshoe , Tropical North Queensland |
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| Tully Falls Road is where to find the Trailheads for - Koolmoon Creek, Walters Waterhole, Rhyolite Pinnacle, Djilgarrin Track, Cannabullen Creek, Cardwell Range and Bally Knob walks, seven in all. Also Wabunga Wayemba [Charmillan Creek Walk] is found approx 10 kilometres from the Kennedy Highway.
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