Hinchinbrook Island National Park

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Hinchinbrook Island National Park is Australia's largest island national park. It is situated along the Cassowary Coast Queensland, Australia. The nearest capital city is Brisbane approximately 1,240 km to the south. Lucinda is 135 km or 1.5 hours drive north of Townsville being the closest North Queensland provincial city. Cairns a Far North Queensland provincial city is two and a half to 3 hours drive north from Cardwell. The main geographical features in the park are the rugged Hinchinbrook Island, including Mount Bowen (Template:Convert), The Thumb (Template:Convert), Mount Diamantina (Template:Convert) and Mount Straloch (Template:Convert).<ref name="globe">Template:Queensland Globe</ref>

The park contains the Thorsborne Trail for hikers. Also within the park lies the ruined Hinchinbrook Island Wilderness Lodge.<ref name="nqt">Template:Cite news</ref> The resort closed in 2010 due to the Great Recession and was destroyed by Cyclone Yasi shortly after.<ref name="nqt"/> The buildings have been ransacked by looters and vandals. The developer has gone broke and there is no airport, making access a problem for any future developer.<ref name="nqt"/>

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Crocodile warning sign

The Hinchinbrook Island National Park includes 393 km² area of Hinchinbrook Island.<ref>Ellison, J., 2000. Wetlands, Biodiversity and the Ramsar Convention, Chapt. 5; Ed. Hails, A.J. Case Study 1: Australia, Mangroves on Hinchinbrook Island. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville, QLD. Australia.</ref> The continental island has a mountainous interior providing diverse refuges for endemic and Endangered Species, such as dugong and green turtle.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>