Lakefield National Park
Lakefield is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,707 km northwest of Brisbane and 340 km north-west of Cairns by road, on Cape York Peninsula. At 5,370 km2 (2,073 sq. miles) making it bigger than Trinidad and Tobago and almost as big as Brunei) Lakefield is the second largest park in Queensland and a popular place for fishing and camping.
The park stretches from Princess Charlotte Bay in the north to the town of Laura. It covers 537,000 ha of land, and includes sections of the Normanby River, Morehead River and North Kennedy Rivers, as well as lakes, billabongs and wetlands. There are more than 100 permanent riverine lagoons in the park.
There is one main, unsealed road through the park but it is impassable through much of the wet season, when the park closes. There is a ranger station within the park which can assist with information or give help in emergencies.
Read more about Lakefield National Park: Climate, History, Fauna, Flora, Fishing, Access, Camping
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