Overview
Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest unspoiled wilderness in northern Australia. The land is mostly flat and about half of the area is used for grazing cattle.
Description
Rugged, remote Cape York Peninsula has one of the wildest tropical environments on the planet. The Great Dividing Range forms the spine of the Cape: tropical rainforests and palm-fringed beaches flank its eastern side, and sweeping savannah woodlands, eucalyptus forests, and coastal mangroves it's west. This untamed landscape undergoes a spectacular transformation each year when the torrential rains of the monsoonal wet season set in rough, dry earth turn to rich, red mud and trickling creek-beds swell to raging rivers.
Cairns, Queensland
Australia
URL:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/queensland/cape-york-peninsula