Lonely Planet Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef (Travel Guide) by Planet Lonely & Rawlings-Way Charles & Sheward Tamara & Worby Meg

Author:Planet, Lonely & Rawlings-Way, Charles & Sheward, Tamara & Worby, Meg [Planet, Lonely]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Published: 2014-06-30T21:00:00+00:00

Eurimbula & Deepwater National Parks

South of Agnes Water is Deepwater National Park, an unspoiled coastal landscape with long sandy beaches, freshwater creeks, good fishing spots and two camping grounds. It’s also a major breeding ground for loggerhead turtles, which dig nests and lay eggs on the beaches between November and February. You can watch the turtles laying and see hatchlings emerging at night between January and April, but you need to observe various precautions: the Agnes Water visitor centre has more info, or see www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/deepwater.

The northern park entrance is 8km south of Agnes Water and is only accessible by 4WD. It’s another 5km to the basic camping ground at Middle Rock (no facilities) and a further 2km to the Wreck Rock camping ground and picnic area, with rain and bore water and composting toilets. Wreck Point can also be accessed from the south by 2WD vehicles via Baffle Creek.

The 78-sq-km Eurimbula National Park, on the northern side of Round Hill Creek, has a landscape of dunes, mangroves and eucalypt forest. There are two basic camping grounds, one at Middle Creek with toilets only and the other at Bustard Beach with toilets and limited rainwater. The main access road to the park is about 10km southwest of Agnes Water.

You must obtain permits for all camping grounds from the NPRSR ( 13 74 68; www.nprsr.qld.gov.au; permit per person/family $5.45/21.80).

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