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The delightfully-named Hibiscus Coast is a tropical paradise just north of Mackay. Its most prominent feature is Cape Hillsborough, a spectacular promontory jutting into the sparkling, turquoise waters of the Coral Sea. Most of the cape is conserved by a 1000 hectare national park, while the surrounding sea is part of the Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park.
To the west, the granite peaks of Mt Ossa and Mt Jukes rise from a lowland patchwork of sugarcane plantations and grazing pastures that are gradually succumbing to urban development. In the northern lee of the cape, the sleepy holiday towns of Seaforth, Halliday Bay and Ball Bay recline along sandy beaches separated by forested headlands.
“On the broad beaches, flatback turtles lay their eggs in secluded rookeries and bubbler crabs leave stippled patterns in the sand at low tide”
GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY
The rock underlying Cape
