Mossman Gorge
Granite gorge in an ancient rainforest, carved by a river through boulders and swimming holes.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Mossman Gorge, at the edge of Queensland's Daintree Rainforest near Cairns, sets a river-carved granite gorge against a forest reckoned at roughly one hundred eighty million years old. It follows the Kuku Yalanji people, the valley's traditional custodians, who call the gorge Jinkalmu and still lead visitors through it on the Ngadiku Dreamtime Walk. Along the way it touches Gondwana's breakup and the ferns and cycads that outlasted it. Watch for a Ulysses butterfly flashing electric blue through the canopy as you walk.
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