About Kuranda
Situated 330 meters (1060’) above sea level. Kuranda is located in the Black Mountain corridor west of Cairns and is regarded as a significant plant and wildlife corridor.
Far North Queensland represents the largest block of rainforest in Australia and comprises about one third of all the Australian rainforests.
The Black Mountain corridor makes up part of Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland. It is an area that extends from Cooktown in the north to Townsville in the south. A continuous ribbon of mountains and coastal lowland covering a distance of approximately 500 kilometres. The broadest part is 80 kms wide and the narrowest is the Black Mountain corridor only 6 kms wide.
The corridor is shaped like the waist of an hour glass within the Wet Tropics area and allows for the continuation of two larger sections. The northern block centres around the greater Daintree. A ruggedly beautiful and relatively inaccessible location. The southern block contains the Mount Bellenden Ker and Bartle Frere range, the highest mountains in Queensland.
The altitude of these land masses forces the moisture laden on shore air from the Pacific Ocean to rise quickly and precipitate making these sites some of the wettest in Australia. For example in 1977 the small township of Babinda , south of Cairns, holds the unofficial record of 5200 mm of rainfall (208 inches) in 5 days also recording 11.5 metres(460inches) in one year. The mean annual rainfall is between 1200mm (48 inches) and 4000mm(160 inches) per annum. 60% of the rain falls during the months of December through to March each year.
For more information about Kuranda, visit the Kuranda Village Website here
