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Wonga Beach, a popular and remote seaside destination close to Daintree in Queensland, Australia.
It has a beautiful, lush back drop of huge Calophyllum trees interspersed with Coconut palms. In 1770 Captain Cook named the northern bay’s continental Island Snapper Island and the near-by coral cay Low Isles.
Looking south from Wonga Beach you can see Island Point which shelters the harbour entrance of Port Douglas. The rainforest clad mountain range to the north is called Alexandra Range after a Danish princess who married the Prince of Wales. The rainforest clad mountain range behind Wonga Beach is called Dagma Range after Alexandra’s younger sister.
The Daintree River, Wonga Beach and the beach end of Alexandra Range form a natural funnel when the prevailing south-east trade winds are considered and explain why there are no sandflies at Wonga Beach and there are so many different species of mangroves in the Daintree.
There are three maintained graves along the beach. One belongs to a maritime hero Charlie Lifu and includes an inscription of his feats. It is near the Close that bears his name.
Behind the coastal vegetation is an extraordinary array of architecture. From the quaint owner-built holiday and fishing shacks of the 1930s to the newer multimillion dollar homes.
In 1985 a large volcanic eruption beneath the Coral Sea released thousands of Pumice stones to the ocean surface which were then blown along north Queensland's shore by the trade winds.
Birdwatchers visit Wonga Beach to see three uncommon bird species: Gould's bronze cuckoo, double-eyed fig-parrot and the beach stone-curlew. The last species is easily confused with the ubiquitous bush stone-curlew noted for its wailing calls at night.
Information Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonga_Beach,_Queensland
www.destinationdaintree.com/locations/wonga-beach
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Wonga Beach, a popular and remote seaside destination close to Daintree in Queensland, Australia.
It has a beautiful, lush back drop of huge Calophyllum trees interspersed with Coconut palms. In 1770 Captain Cook named the northern bay’s continental Island Snapper Island and the near-by coral cay Low Isles.
Looking south from Wonga Beach you can see Island Point which shelters the harbour entrance of Port Douglas. The rainforest clad mountain range to the north is called Alexandra Range after a Danish princess who married the Prince of Wales. The rainforest clad mountain range behind Wonga Beach is called Dagma Range after Alexandra’s younger sister.
The Daintree River, Wonga Beach and the beach end of Alexandra Range form a natural funnel when the prevailing south-east trade winds are considered and explain why there are no sandflies at Wonga Beach and there are so many different species of mangroves in the Daintree.
There are three maintained graves along the beach. One belongs to a maritime hero Charlie Lifu and includes an inscription of his feats. It is near the Close that bears his name.
Behind the coastal vegetation is an extraordinary array of architecture. From the quaint owner-built holiday and fishing shacks of the 1930s to the newer multimillion dollar homes.
In 1985 a large volcanic eruption beneath the Coral Sea released thousands of Pumice stones to the ocean surface which were then blown along north Queensland's shore by the trade winds.
Birdwatchers visit Wonga Beach to see three uncommon bird species: Gould's bronze cuckoo, double-eyed fig-parrot and the beach stone-curlew. The last species is easily confused with the ubiquitous bush stone-curlew noted for its wailing calls at night.
Information Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonga_Beach,_Queensland
www.destinationdaintree.com/locations/wonga-beach