Undara National Volcanic Park

Situated 437 kilometres NW of Townsville just off the Gulf Development Road, the Undara Volcanic National Park was established in 2009 to protect Australia's longest lava tube and the unique fauna and flora found in the area.
It lies within the McBride Basalt (Volcanic) Province which is one of 11 discontinuous cenozoic volcanic regions in north Queensland. A total of 164 eruption centres (volcanoes, vents and cones) have been identified within the province. The majority of flows are less than 8 million years old; the activity that formed the tubes occurred approximately 190,000 years ago.
Anne-Maree and I explored parts of the province on self guided walks and guided tours. A great experience from the comfort of an unpowered site at a very well appointed holiday park. Even had a Rufus Betong and its buddy come to visit our camp fire on a couple of occasions.Read more