Eubenangee Swamp
Wooroonooran National Park
Gorrell Track - Downey Creek (Misty Mountains Trails)
Ella Bay National Park
Kurrimine Beach Conservation Park

Eubenangee Swamp National Park is one of the most important wetland areas between Ingham and Cooktown.  It contains a number of rare plant species and plays a crucial role in the conservation of the region's wildlife, in particular birds, butterflies, turtles and crocodiles.  Visitors can explore the wetlands via a 1km walking track that travels along the edge of the Alice River before rising to the top of a solitary grassy hill.  Here visitors can view of Mt Bartle Frere, Queensland’s highest mountain to the west and swamplands extending in all directions.  Access to the track is from Cartwright Road.  For more information http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications?id=102

The Wooroonooran National Park one of the most scenic places in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and has both lowland and upland rainforests.  More than 500 rainforest trees occur here, including blackbean, milky pine, water gum and red tulip oak.  Many wildlife live in this part of the park, including the tiny musky rat-kangaroo, double-eyed fig-parrot and chowchilla.  The Wooroonooran National Park is on the Palmerston Highway, 33km west of Innisfail or 25km east of Millaa Millaa.  For more information http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/park/index.cgi?parkid=152

This walk is part of the  Misty Mountain Trails which is situated between the towns of Innisfail, Tully, Ravenshoe and Millaa Millaa.  This 130km walking network offers a variety of rainforest walks from shorter half day and day walks to longer treks requiring overnight camping.  Several of the Misty Mountain walking tracks follow the routes traditionally used by the Ma:Mu and Jirrbal Traditional Owners to connect the coastal plain to the rocky country of the tablelands.  The Gorrell Walk can be reached from Mena Creek and from the Palmerston Highway between Innisfail and Millaa Millaa.  From Mena Creek, take the Mena Creek Road for 10km west to the Gorell Trailhead.  From the Palmerston Highway, take the K Tree Road (near the Tchupala Falls Trackhead) 12.6km to the South Johnstone campsite by the river.  Camping permits are required.  For more information http://www.wettropics.gov.au/ttd/ttd_track.asp?trackIndex=58

Ella Bay National Park is where the ‘rainforest meets the sea’.  A must see destination in the shire for visitors it can be reached via Fly Fish Point on Ella Bay Road. 

Protected in 1975 to assist in the conservation of cultural heritage and rare wet tropics coastal lowlands, the Kurrimine Beach Conservation Park consists of a 600m walking track to guide you through nearly 6 ha of endangered mesophyll vine forest.  Animals that you may encounter on the track include green ants, snails, emerald doves and lace monitors.  For more information http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications?id=812