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When you've got an island paradise called Magnetic, right on your doorstep, it's not hard to see why people are attracted to Townsville. However, the city is even more than a magnetic destination, it's the very heart of life in the tropics extending north to Mission Beach south to the Burdekin and west to historic Charters Towers.

Surrounded by a rich hinterland of tropical rainforests and waterfalls, Townsville is also close to historic gold mining towns, the outback, islands, and of course, the Great Barrier Reef. Link

 

	Halfway up the range is Little Crystal Creek, where picnic facilities are provided next to excellent swimming holes. More picnic facilities, lookouts and walking tracks are at Paluma. A second road leaves the highway 2km north of the Paluma Range turn-off and leads to the Paradise Waterhole camping area 4km along Big Crystal Creek. Link

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Near Running River on the Western slope of the Paluma Range in Queensland, Australia. Hidden Valley Cabins offer accommodation, fully licensed facilities, a restaurant, swimming pool and BBQ area. The resort follows a modern, rustic theme and offers a unique style of accommodation.

Wallaman Falls is the largest single drop waterfall in Australia, tumbling 305m (1,000 feet) through a rainbow-fringed cloud of mist to a large pool. It is part of the 124,000 hectare Lumholtz National Park which protects a diversity of vegetation types ranging from open eucalypt forest to dense rainforest. There are camping sites, picnic facilities and walking tracks including a 300m (984 foot) track to a lookout and a 2km (1.2 mile) track to the bottom of the falls. The track back to the top is steep in places and requires strong lungs and legs. These tracks have been maintained by Girringun rangers. Link

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