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Airlie Beach to Cape Hillsborough
🚐 About 2 hours (around 130 km)
Head south on the Bruce Highway then turn off to Cape Hillsborough National Park. Walk the boardwalk through the mangroves and spot kangaroos and wallabies on the beach. Sunrise is the best time to see wallabies and kangaroos on the beach at Cape Hillsborough. Bring a camera and a hat. The nature resort has a small shop and cafe, and the boardwalk is easy for families.
Optional things to do
- Wedge Island walk at low tide
- Sunrise wallaby viewing on the beach
- Beach picnic
Where to stay
Holiday parkCape Hillsborough Nature Resort
Camping with wallabies wandering the sites.
National parkSmalleys Beach campground
A simple campground in the park.