Cradle Mountain
 ©  Lance Neville

Montague Island lighthouse
©   Inger Vandyke

Boroka Lookout Grampians
© Parks Victoria

Grampians Mammal
Monitoring © Parks Victoria

Wombat Lake
Cradle Mountain

Seal Colony Montague Island

Researcher with
Penguin Chick

Accommodation

 

Accommodation Sovereign Resort, Cooktown

Jowalbinna accommodation

Cabin accommodation at Jowalbinna 

The Sovereign Resort is a luxurious four resort style Hotel - your perfect place to relax and unwind after pioneering Cooktown and the Outback. Single, double or twin rooms are available and all rooms feature air conditioning, standard hotel facilities and private bathroom with shower and toilet.

 

At Jowalbinna single or twin cabin accommodation is available. Fully screened cabins are simple and comfortable with linen (sheets and towels) supplied. Shared bathroom facilities (showers and toilets).

 

About Jowalbinna

Jowalbinna is an inspiring place located 350 kilometres or 5 hours drive by 4WD north of Cairns. Its amazing rock art, healthy natural environment, fun activities and comfortable accommodation make for a truly memorable Tropical North Queensland experience.

The Laura area contains Queensland's most extensive Aboriginal rock art galleries. It ranks alongside the Kimberley and Arnhemland escarpment as Australia's most important rock art regions. UNESCO rates the Quinkan region as one of the top ten rock art areas in the world.

At Jowalbinna Rock Art Safari Camp scenic bushwalks pass through the green eucalypt valley of Shepherd Creek and surrounding sandstone escarpments to fascinating sites. The busy bird population includes over 50 species, and wallabies are permanent residents. The creeks have beautiful swimming holes (no Estuarine Crocodiles here!) and there are many peaceful spots to just take in the wildlife.

Jowalbinna has a rich past. Its Aboriginal occupation dates back over 30,000 years, and the images of Quinkan spirits, totem animals and people adorn many of the rock shelters. The discovery of gold on the Palmer River brought thousands of miners from 1873 on the old coach road from Cooktown to the goldfields. Conflict, dislocation and new diseases decimated the Aboriginal people, and the traditional lifestyle of over a thousand generations was lost. Now the rock art tells the stories of the past.

Artist and rock art researcher Percy Trezise and his family rediscovered many of the Quinkan sites in the 1960's and named his home here "Jowalbinna", meaning "Dingo's ear", after the towering red bluff in the north-eastern corner.

Today Steve Trezise’s Rock Art Safari Camp welcomes visitors from around the world to one of Tropical North Queensland's true treasures.