Dubuji Boardwalk, Daintree National Park - May 2022

The Myall Beach Humpy.

This was the second walk that Sam and I did up at Cape Tribulation on our drive up to Cooktown. Once again we chose a nice easy stroll along what was mostly boardwalk. This walk starts at the signposted carpark and picnic area for Myall Beach near Cape Tribulation. Instead of heading off south along the boardwalk today, Sam and I first headed out to the wide open spaces of Myall Beach to check things out. Myall Beach is bordered on its northern end by a lush green headland - Cape Tribulation. This spot is a real bucket list place for a lot of people, especially ageing hippies like me and it still feels like there would be numerous people living off the grid in the dense rainforest around here.

We swung left towards Myall Beach beside the solar powered dunny. 

There were some nice sized old Paperbarks along here.

After passing through some Mangroves...

... we soon arrived at Myall Beach. 

Once again swimming wasn't on the agenda. 

That's Cape Tribulation. 

Looking south along the wide expanses of Myall Beach in the Daintree National Park. 

Myall Beach - Daintree National Park.

Checking out the water at Myall Beach - Daintree National Park. 

After enjoying the beach for awhile we headed back into the rainforest and after crossing a small tidal creek we swung south along what ended up being a very long section of boardwalk. Initially the boardwalk stayed very close to the mangrove lined creek as it meandered its way easily south. Like the nearby Marrja Boardwalk the Dubuji Boardwalk is an impressive piece of walking infrastructure, I particularly like the way the track builders built the boardwalk around some of the bigger trees, even splitting in half a couple of times so that trees could grow up through the middle of the boardwalk.

After leaving the beach Sam and I headed off around the boardwalk section of the stroll. 

We stayed close to the Mangrove lined creek initially. 

Dubuji Boardwalk. 

We had a tour guide for a bit of our stroll.

The track builders have done a good job of building the boardwalk around the bigger trees. 

Daintree National Park rainforest.

Fan Palms, Daintree National Park. 

After being led along the boardwalk by a Water Monitor for awhile our route started to swing back towards the carpark. The second half of this stroll was through mostly rainforest with the boardwalk now weaving through an assortment of palms. With the Cape Tribulation Road only 100 metres away it was a little surprising how peaceful and remote it felt along this section, we could hear the Flying Foxes more than we could hear the traffic for the most part. All to soon really we arrived back at the picnic ground and it was time to jump in the ute and head off up the Bloomfield Track on our next little adventure.

Daintree National Park. 

There are some big trees along this walk. 

There are some breaks in the canopy along the Dubuji Boardwalk which allowed for a few expensive views. 

Brush Turkey Mound. 

Strangler Fig, Daintree National Park.

Dubuji Boardwalk, Daintree National Park.

Back at the trail head - it was time to head off up the Bloomfield Track to Cooktown now. 

The Dirt.

According to my GPS we walked around 2 kilometres and climbed about 11 metres on this easy walk, this is another stroll that should be suitable for wheelchairs and prams I think. Myall Beach is a very pretty beach (as far as Queensland beaches go) although like all the beaches up here I wouldn't be going to far into the water as it's prime Saltwater Crocodile habitat, not to mention the Irukandji and Box Jelly Fish. If you only have time for one walk on a visit to Cape Tribulation then this is a good one I think as there is a fair bit of diversity packed into it's short length - everything from a beach to mangroves to rainforest. I used the notes and map out of the Woodslane book Best Walks around Cairns & the Tablelands as well as my GPS topos today.

Relevant Posts.

Cape Tribulation to Melbourne Roadtrip, 1999.

The Bloomfield Track had only re-opened a day ago.

While I'd call the Bloomfield Track a very easy 4wd track, it's still pretty steep in spots.

No worries we're all good. 

The Bloomfield Track was almost deserted this afternoon, we only passed half a dozen other 4wd's between Cape Tribulation and the Bloomfield River.