Frankland Group National Park
Cluster of five uninhabited coral-fringed islands and a green turtle rookery off the Cairns coast.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Frankland Group National Park off Cairns opens on the gap between the name on the map and the place itself, tracing it back to the eighteenth-century British admiral James Cook chose to honour here. It follows that name across an ocean to a cathedral in England and the sculptor who carved his memorial, before returning to the Mandingalbay Yidinji and Gungandji sea country the islands have always belonged to. Listen for what the reef and the turtles are doing right in front of you as the story unfolds.
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