Danbulla National Park and State Forest Tropical North Queensland

Lake Tinaroo is the heart of Danbulla National Park and State Forest. Photo credit: Karl Seelig © Tourism and Events Queensland

About Danbulla

Queensland National Parks Booking System Update

The new Queensland National Parks Booking Service is live for bookings.

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If you are making your first booking since 1 July 2024, a new customer account will be created automatically as part of your next booking. Please note your previous login credentials will no longer be valid.

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Park features

Danbulla Road

At least half a day should be set aside to explore the Danbulla area. Each site is unique, catering for the needs of a wide range of visitors. Choose a secluded camp site at School Point camping area or let the kids kick a football around the grassed area at The Chimneys day use area. Enjoy a short walk through the upland rainforest to Mobo Creek Crater or take time to marvel at the size of the cathedral fig tree.

Danbulla forest

The Danbulla forest is a spectacular part of the Atherton Tableland, covering 12,000ha between the Tinaroo and Lamb ranges, and bordering Lake Tinaroo. It includes eucalypt and acacia forests, pine plantations and Wet Tropics World Heritage rainforest.

Lake Tinaroo

Created by damming the Barron River, Lake Tinaroo was completed in 1958. It was the first large dam in Queensland built primarily for irrigation. Its construction opened up new areas to farming and allowed different crops to be trialled. It is now a multi-purpose storage dam providing water to tableland towns, power generation, crop irrigation, stock watering and recreation.

Read more about the nature, culture and history of Danbulla National Park and State Forest.

Looking after the park

Everything in the park, living or dead, is protected. Leave everything as you found it.
Camp only in designated camping areas.
Lighting of fires is prohibited outside designated areas.
Do not feed wildlife as it can affect their health and alter the natural population balance.
Stay on formed roads—vehicles are not permitted off-road, including on walking tracks or on internal roads and tracks that are closed for management purposes.

See the guidelines on caring for parks for more information about protecting our environment and heritage in parks.

Park management

The Danbulla National Park and State Forest are managed on a day-to-day basis by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS). Parts of the park and forest are within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Management of the World Heritage Area is coordinated through a partnership between the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments, the Traditional Owners and the wider community.

The Danbulla area is sustainably managed to provide a balance between conservation, recreation and other resource use through the cooperation and contributions of community and government.