Wooroonooran, Queensland

Wooroonooran is an undeveloped locality split among the Cairns Region, the Cassowary Coast Region and the Tablelands Region in Queensland, Australia. In the , Wooroonooran had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The locality is entirely within the Wooroonooran National Park (part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area), although the national park extends beyond the boundaries of the locality. As a consequence, the land is undeveloped apart from a very limited number of walking tracks and visitor amenities. The land is extremely mountainous containing numerous peaks, including Mount Bartle Frere (Queensland's highest peak), and numerous waterfalls, including the Josephine Falls and Fishery Falls ().

The locality is very irregularly shaped and is approx 59 km from its northernmost point to its southernmost point and approx 38 km from its easternmost point to its westernmost point. Due to the vast size of this locality, it has numerous adjacent localities including (clockwise) Gordonvale (to the north), Aloomba, Fishery Falls, Bellenden Ker, Babinda, Mirriwinni (to the east), Bartle Frere, Woopen Creek, Ngatjan, Nerada, East Palmerston, Palmerston (to the south), Middlebrook, Mungalli, Ellinja, Millaa Millaa, Tarzali, Glen Allyn (to the west), Topaz, Butchers Creek, Gadgarra, and Goldsborough.

Mountain features

Wooroonooran has the following mountain features (from north to south):

Walshs Pyramid ()
Mount Toressa ()
Mount Massie ()
Mount Sophia ()
Mount Harold ()
North Peak ()
Centre Peak ()
Chickaboogalla ()
South Peak ()
Windin Gorge ()
Bartle Frere (North Peak, also known as Chooreechillum) ()
Bartle Frere (North West Peak) ()
Bartle Frere (South Peak)()
Conzelmann Bluff ()
Broken Nose ()
Mount Clare ()
Mount Fletcher ()
Twin Pinnacles ()
Sugarloaf Mountain ()
Mount Poorka ()

Waterfalls

Wooroonooran has the following waterfalls (from north to south):

Fishery Falls ()
Clamshell Falls ()
Whites Falls ()
Babinda Falls ()
Churnano Falls ()
Bobbin Bobbin Falls ()
Rapid Falls ()
Josephine Falls ()
Guilfoyle Falls ()
Camellia Falls ()
Jones Falls ()
Nandroya Falls ()
Tchupala Falls ()

History

The Mamu Rainforest Tropical Skywalk was constructed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service between 2008 and 2008. The work was contracted to Hutchinson Builders Pty Ltd.

Demographics

In the , Wooroonooran had "no people or a very low population".

In the , Wooroonooran had "no people or a very low population" .

Education

There are no schools in Wooroonooran. Due to the size of the locality, the school options in nearby localities depend on the location of the student's residence within Wooroonooran.

Attractions

The Mamu Rainforest Tropical Skywalk is on the Palmerston Highway ().

Lookouts

There are a number of lookouts in Wooroonooran (from north to south):

Coronation Lookout ()
North West Peak Lookout, a challenging return-trip walk ().
North Johnstone Lookout ()
Crawfords Lookout ()