2430 Topaz Road

Topaz QLD 4885

Direct 60km???s SSW of Cairns CBD
Road 95km???s via Gillies Highway from Cairns CBD
Situated near the popular tourist circuit Cairns, Yungaburra, Atherton, Mareeba, Kuranda and close to the amenities of the dairy town of Malanda. The route from Cairns is via the scenic Gillies Highway or Kuranda Range.
Regional attractions and amenities nearby include Lake Barrine, Lake Eacham, Lake Tinnaroo, Mount Bartle Frere, Curtain Fig Tree, Millaa Millaa Falls, Yungaburra, Malanda, Atherton, Herberton, Mareeba and Kuranda.
Area
Total area 50.13 Hectares. Approx 125 Acres.
Nature Refuge approx 47 Hectares rainforest. Excluded from nature refuge approx 3 Hectares with a choice of house sites settings including rainforest and views.
Description
Elevation 2058 feet above sea level. Rainfall of approximately 3500mm annually.
Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, the property is private and secluded abutting the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
The land is described within the nature agreement as ???complex notophyll to mesophyll vine forest of high rainfall, cloudy uplands on basalt. Supports simple notophyll vine forest of moist to very wet metamorphic uplands and highlands???. The land is described within Issue 6, April 2006 of the Nature Refuge News as ???The Land supports the endangered vine forest ecosystem type, which has been identified as having very high conservation significance providing crucial breeding habitat for the endangered Southern Cassowary Casuarius Casuarius Johnstonii. A suite of rare and threatened plant species are associated with this dominant forest type???.
Views from the property include Mount Bartle Frere and the Johnstone River Gorge. The Coral Sea can be seen on a clear day.
The property is a significant habitat for abundant rainforest species including the Southern Cassowary, Queen Victoria???s Riflebird, Green Catbird, Eastern Whipbird, King Parrot, Red Backed Wren, Orange Footed Scrub Fowl, Ulysses Butterfly, Cairns Birdwing to name only a few inhabitants of this remarkable and unique property.
2430 Topaz Road, Topaz, North Queensland 4850