Granite Gorge Nature Park
Cairns & the Tropical North, Australia
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Is Granite Gorge worth visiting?
PUT IT ON YOUR BUCKET LIST 🪣 It's such a spectacular area with enormous granite boulders, crystal clear Bald Rock Creek, lots of pretty wildflowers & the cutest wallabies with their gangly joeys. Oh of course there's lots of awesome hiking trails.
Is Granite Gorge Nature Park free?
Granite Gorge Mareeba Rock Wallabies and Walks The best place to see them in the wild is in the gorge, at Granite Gorge Caravan Park. This is on a private property and there is an 'admission' fee for day visitors, but guests can visit the gorge for free during their stay.
Can you swim at Granite Gorge?
Spend the day exploring Granite Gorge Visitors are welcome from morning to late afternoon. Follow our marked walking tracks across the boulders, swim in the freshwater creek and relax with a picnic in the shade.
What is the Granite Gorge?
Mile 77-118 - Upper Granite Gorge The “gorge” is defined by the basement layers of Grand Canyon, igneous and metamorphic rocks that have been bent, twisted, and thrust upwards during mountain building events. In the gorge the river has exposed 1.7 billion year old Zoroaster Granite and Vishnu Schist.