Things to do in and around Lucinda, Tropical North Queensland

Staying in the Tropical North Queensland coastal town of Lucinda at Lucinda Holiday Rentals places you in an ideal location to access an enormous wealth and range of tourism activities available both along the Coast of Queensland as well as inland to the beginning of the outback.

Whether you want to play a round of golf, go fishing, go island hopping, visit the barrier reef, or if history and culture are your thing, your hosts at Lucinda holiday rentals.com.au in Lucinda can provide maps and recommend many day trips that will let you explore this beautiful and unspoilt part of the world.

The following provides just a brief overview of the diversity of the tourism attractions and sporting activities throughout the Lucinda Tropical North Queensland region. Enjoy! Don't forget to check out our photo gallery!

Lucinda and Surrounds Tourism Links

Awesome Charters - Provide a variety of options even if you’ve bought your own boat! Enjoy the local knowledge and expertise with Your Personal Fishing Guide. Take advantage of Mick’s Introduction to the Local Fishing Area. Mick is a certified ships master and licensed charter fishing guide. He will show you how to navigate your way from the creek into safe waters using his own boat or yours. Grab the advice of where to fish and soak up the extra fishing techniques including rigs and bait recommendations. You should be sure to be cooking up those fish on the Barbie tonight!

Hinchinbrook Wilderness Safaris - provide daily transfers to world heritage status Hinchinbrook Island, where the unique wilderness is heralded as the jewel of Queensland National Parks. Or join an Eco Tour, from dense mangrove forests to lush rainforest or custom your own tour.

Hinchinbrook - General area information. The scenic Hinchinbrook Shire lies nestled in the Herbert River Valley, roughly one hour north of Townsville, and 3 hours south of Cairns. This stretch of coastline is known as "The Great Green Way", with the Hinchinbrook Shire regarded as the southern entrance to this beautiful region. From unspoilt sandy beaches to lush tropical rainforests, Hinchinbrook is an Eden for tourists wanting to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Whether it's for a day, a week or longer, visitors to Hinchinbrook can choose from an endless amount of activities, or just relax and do nothing at all!

Hinchinbrook National Park - with its lush rainforests, rugged, misty and heath-covered mountains, sweeping sandy beaches, rocky headlands, paperbark and palm wetlands, mangrove-fringed shores and extensive open forests and woodlands, Hinchinbrook Island National Park is one of the world’s most outstanding island parks. Hinchinbrook Island is surrounded by marine park waters where fringing reefs and seagrass beds are home to a variety of marine life including dugong and green turtles.

www.remoteareadive.com.au - Spend the day exploring Pelorus / Orpheus Islands. These islands form part of the Great Barrier Reef and their unspoilt beauty makes them the ideal place to dive. Enjoy the freedom of exploring the underwater world at your own leisure. Experience some of the best diving the region has to offer. A huge array of marine life, majestic soft and hard corals and much more await you. As you are already in Lucinda you will meet the small group who have taken the shuttle from Townsville and take the boat trip out to Pelorus/Orpheus Islands (about 35 mins).

Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park - The Great Barrier Reef (Queensland) World Heritage Area meets all four natural world heritage criteria. Stretching more than 2000km along the Queensland coastline and covering 35 million hectares, the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef and probably the richest.

Girringun National Park - Girringun National The highest sheer drop waterfall in Australia, Wallaman Falls is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, home to some of the oldest rainforests on Earth and many rare plants and animals.

Mount Spec, Paluma Range National Park - Rising high above the coastal plains, cloaked in tropical rainforest and dissected by numerous streams, Mount Spec is the southernmost national park section in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.

Mount Fox, Girringun National Park - Rising above surrounding eucalypt woodlands, the conical Mount Fox is an ancient volcano with a large crater. Interesting geological features include large volcanic boulders known as fusiform bombs.