Ratings: CP *** Surroundings ****
Looking towards some of the Whitsunday islands from the drier coastal section of Conway National Park. Hoop pines growing on the coastal ridges and in damp gullies emerge from the rain forest as they have done for thousands of years. The Ngaro and Gia people harvested riches of the land and sea for thousands of years and the pandanus woodlands still bear the fruit which they used for various purposes.
Damp, lush rain forests lie behind the coastal forests. Vines wrap their tendrils around towering trees reaching for the light and fig trees drop their aerial roots, at times up to 15 metres to the ground. Illusive birds sing their songs in the green canopy and a Ulysses butterfly flashes brilliant blue across our paths.
Palm fronds shimmer after a light shower as sunlight filters into the rain forest.
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