Tropical Walk at Djuiru National Park Mission Beach

Tropical Walk, originally uploaded by Ladymaggic.

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The Walk took 45 minutes through dense Rainforest.
The entire walk was well documented with photos and descriptions of the Cassowaries, their food and protection Program.
It was very quiet in the Rainforest. There were very few birdcalls, and in the entire walk I only saw one small bird. I walked quietly and searched the dense undergrowth. There were Cassowary droppings saying they were around recently, but I did not hear any young or see any cassowaries.
It was a wonderful walk through the forest, up steep steps, over creek and over a bridge with a beautiful waterhole.
The path returned to the Parking area in a circular walk

The Licuala and Lacey Creek day-use areas have been developed for visitor use within Djiru National Park.

To get to the Licuala day-use area and carpark, turn north off the Tully–Mission Beach Road onto the signposted unsealed road, about eight kilometres east of the town of Mission Beach. The day-use area and carpark are 1.6 kilometres along this unsealed road. It is accessible by conventional vehicles.

Lacey Creek day-use area is beside the El Arish–Mission Beach road, eight kilometres from the junction with the Bruce Highway and 7.5 kilometres from Mission Beach town.
Wheelchair accessibility

The toilets at Lacey Creek day-use area and part of the 1.3 kilometre Fan Palm walk at Licuala day-use area are wheelchair accessible.
Park features

Since Europeans began to settle north Queensland, over 80 per cent of the lowland rainforest in the wet tropics has been cleared for agriculture and housing. Much of the forest in Mission Beach was spared, or has regrown after timber was harvested. A large tract of this now rare forest type is preserved as national park.

From the Licuala day-use area, the short fan palm walk takes visitors through dense groves of native fan palm. The splayed fronds, which create a bright green, patterned canopy overhead, are a popular subject for photographers.

At Lacey Creek, visitors can follow the circuit track through the rainforest along, and across, the creek. Many of the features of mature tropical rainforest can be seen: tall trees with wide buttressed trunks; epiphytic ferns perching on tree branches, high in the canopy; and twining vines climbing up and over other plants to reach the light.

Cassowaries are often seen in this park, appearing from the surrounding forest and then melting away again.