Self drive tours from Airlie Beach,
Queensland Australia

Location
From Airlie Beach following your Whitsundays maps, head south towards Mackay, turn off the Bruce Highway 91km south of Proserpine and drive inland to Mt Ossa... Drive 9km to join the Pioneer Valley at Mirani and head west 62 km to Finch Hatton Gorge and up the Clarke Range to Eungella and Broken River in Eungella National Park.

Drive
Approx. 2.5 hours drive from Airlie Beach

• Illawong Sanctuary – Australian fauna in an appealing small zoo near Mirani.
• Finch Hatton Gorge – Named after the two English aristocrats who were the first Europeans to scale the region’s highest peak, Mt Dalrymple (1277m). Includes waterfalls and crystal clear creeks coursing through the rainforest.
• Eungella National Park – Eungella is Aboriginal for ‘land of the clouds’. It is Australia’s largest tract of subtropical rainforest and straddles the Clarke Range.
• 25kms of rainforest walks with wildlife including Ulysses’ Blue butterflies, Regent Bowerbirds and Platypus.
• Lookout at Eungella – Panoramic views of Pioneer Valley and down to the coast.
• Broken River – National Park with viewing platform for turtles and platypus colony.
• Dame Nelly Melba’s home – Small museum is also the tourist office at Marian, Pioneer Valley.