Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights & Activities
Cardwell Forest Drive
From the town centre, this scenic 26km round trip through the national park is chockas
with lookouts, walking tracks and picnic areas signposted along the way. There are super
swimming opportunities at
Attie Creek Falls
, as well as the aptly named
Spa Pool
, where you
can sit in a rock hollow as water gushes over you.
Cardwell's visitor centre has brochures detailing other walking trails and swimming
holes in the park.
OUTDOORS
Historic Cardwell Post Office & Telegraph Station
(53 Victoria St; 10am-1pm Mon-Fri, 9am-noon Sat)
Check out the original postal room and
old telephone exchange at this wooden building (built in 1870), which has survived cyc-
lones and termites.
MUSEUM
Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre
(
www.art.girrungun.com.au
;
235 Victoria St; 8.30am-5pm Mon-Thu, to 2pm Fri)
Traditional woven
baskets are among the works for sale at this corporation of Aboriginal artists.
GALLERY
Sleeping & Eating
Cardwell Beachcomber Motel & Tourist Park
( 07-4066 8550;
www.cardwellbeachcomber.com.au
; 43a Marine Pde; unpowered/powered site $27/34, motel d
$98-125, cabins & studios $95-115; )
This large park took a thrashing in Yasi, but is
back in action with new poolside cabins, cute studios and modern ocean-view villas. A
surprisingly swish
restaurant
(mains from $25;
CARAVAN PARK
$
breakfast daily, lunch & dinner Mon-Sat)
dishes up sea-
food, steaks and whizbang pizzas.
Kookaburra Holiday Park
(
CARAVAN PARK
$
07-4066 8648;
www.kookaburraholidaypark.com.au
;
175 Bruce Hwy; unpowered/powered site $22/29, dm/s/d
)
Well-run park that lends
without bathroom $25/45/50, cabin without bathroom $65, unit $85-105;
guests fishing rods, prawn nets and crab pots to catch dinner.
Cardwell Central Backpackers
HOSTEL
$
