0 TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA www.tropicalaustralia.com.au WHAT MAKES UP THE CAIRNS & GREAT BARRIER REEF REGION Cairns & Cairns Beaches The Cooktown & Cape York The Tropical Gulf Savannah Port Douglas & Daintree The Cairns Highlands Tropical Islands Mission Beach The Cairns region covers over 1670 sq kilometres including Cairns city and the popular beaches of Machans,Holloways,Yorkey's Knob, Trinity,Kewarra, Clifton and Palm Cove (Australia's Cleanest Beach).The long, narrow coastal strip is edged between the Coral Sea and the Great Dividing Range and extending from Ellis Beach (north) to the Johnstone Shire boundary (south). The CapeYork region covers 137,000 square kilometres inland from Cooktown across to the Gulf of Carpentaria stretching right to the northern most tip of Australia and includes the islands of theTorres Strait, the body of water between the Australian mainland and New Guinea. This remarkable region covers 186,000 square kilometres inland from the Great Dividing Range across to the Northern Territory border. The eastern frame is the temperateTropicalTablelands,south touches the Isa interior,west borders the NorthernTerritory and north are the watery expanses of the Gulf of Carpentaria and theArafura Sea. This region covers 2,447 square kilometres from Simpson Point just north of Ellis Beach,west to the bottom of the Rex Range,north to the Bloomfield River and includes the LowIsles and Snapper Island. The Cairns Highlands covers an area of some 65,000 square kilometres (an area greater than the state ofTasmania) stretching from the eastern foothills of the Bellenden Kerr Range, to Mount Carbine in the north,Mount Garnet in the south and Chillagoe to thewest. The Highlands sit between the coastal Bellenden Kerr Range and the Great Dividing Range. Along the Cairns & Great Barrier Reef coastline are sand cays and continental islands that are accessed by air and sea. Popular spots to stay are Fitzroy Island,Green Island,Bedara Island,Dunk Island, Lizard Island,Double Island,Hinchinbrook Island,Orpheus Island and the Thursday Island group including Poruma Island. This region covers approx. 3,800 square kilometres from Gordonvale through Mission Beach south to Hinchinbrook and includes the islands of the Frankland Islands group, the Barnard Islands group,Dunk and Bedarra Islands, the Family Islands group, Goold, Brook and Hinchinbrook Islands national parks. For more information on the diverse region's that make up the Cairns & Great Barrier Reef region visit www.tropicalaustralia.com.au