Cape Tribulation
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Cape Tribulation Queensland |
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| Coordinates | 16°04′36″S 145°28′29″E / 16.07667°S 145.47472°ECoordinates: 16°04′36″S 145°28′29″E / 16.07667°S 145.47472°E |
| Population | 330 (2011 census) |
| Postcode(s) | 4873 |
| LGA(s) | Shire of Douglas |
| State electorate(s) | Cook |
| Federal Division(s) | Leichhardt |
Cape Tribulation is a headland and locality in the Shire of Douglas in northern Queensland, Australia.
The park is 110 km (68 mi) north of Cairns. It is located within the Daintree National Park and the Wet Tropics World Heritage area. It is within the local government area of Shire of Douglas (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Cairns Region). At the 2011 census, Cape Tribulation had a population of 330.
The locality contains a small number of bed and breakfast eco lodges, tourism resorts and backpacker hostels. A few very rare plants can be found on Cape Tribulation.
Cape Tribulation was named by British navigator Lieutenant James Cook on 10 June 1770 (log date) after his ship scraped a reef north east of the cape, whilst passing over it, at 6pm. Cook steered away from the coast into deeper water but at 10.30pm the ship ran aground, on what is now named Endeavour Reef. The ship stuck fast and was badly damaged, desperate measures being needed to prevent it foundering until it was refloated the next day. Cook recorded "...the north point [was named] Cape Tribulation because "here begun all our troubles".
In the 1930s some European settlers started arriving in Cape Tribulation, but they found the rainforest environment an extremely challenging one within which to establish a settlement. Various ventures such as fruit and vegetable farming, fishing, cattle, and timber cutting were started and abandoned over the years, and having weekly barges as the only transport in and out was another limitation. In the 1960s a rough track was bulldozed and the first vehicle access created, although the road remained a four-wheel drive track until the early 1990s. In 2002, the road was finally sealed all the way to Cape Tribulation and in early 2011 the last bridge was built creating year round all weather access to Cape Tribulation for the first time.
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