Description:
Mount Hypipamee Crater is located within Mount Hypipamee National Park, approximately 25 km drive south of Atherton on the Atherton Tablelands. A platform at the end of a 400 m walking track through the rain forest provides an uninterrupted view of the remaining crater. The crater is almost 70 m across with sheer granite walls (the surface rock through which the gas exploded). Fifty-eight metres below the rim is a lake over 70 m deep, covered with a green layer of native water-weed. Along the return walk to the car park a loop track takes the visitor via Dinner Falls which is actually a series of cascades in the headwaters of the Barron River. Distance to Cairns International Airport: 105 kms / 65 miles GPS Co-ordinates: 17°25'27.9"S 145°29'07.8"E Altitude: 973 metres