Port Douglas is a Peninsula

From the Pinnacle, the sweeping nature of Trinity Bay is obvious,. On the horizon, one can just make out Double Island, False Cape and Cape Grafton.

The Pinnacle - Manjal Jimalji

The granite tor known as Manjal Jimalji is an impressive local landmark. Tors are most common and most well known as landforms that were created by the erosion and weathering of granitic rocks. However, tors have also developed through the erosion and weathering of schists, dacites, dolerites, and coarse sandstones among other rock types. The word tor (meaning hill} is notable for being one of the very few Celtic words to be adopted into vernacular English before the modern era.

Rainforest Canopy

Kauri Pines dominate the mountain rainforests.

Great Eastern Escarpment

The Cassowary Valley and Range in the foreground are then preceded by the Mowbray Valley then the Macalister Range, Buchans Point, Double Island, Cairns (hidden behind Mt Buchan) and then the Murray Prior Range with North Bell Peak of the Malbon Thompson Range, sticking up on the right background. The vast majority of the image is World Heritage Area.

The Slit

Manjal Jimalji is an area of significance within the traditional lands of the Kuku Yalanji people. It is part of the Kuku Yalanji cultural landscape which enables the contemporary exercise of culture and assists in transmission of culture to future generations.

Thornton Range from The Pinnacle

Stewart Creek Valley is in the foreground, with Daintree Valley in the mid ground and, acting as a backdrop, is Thornton Range glowing in the setting sun. Mt Sorrow lookout is the first bump to the right on the ridge in the background.

Mountain tea tree - sunset

Mountain Tea tree (Leptospermum wooroonooran) is a unique tea tree as it has adapted to live on very wet, high mountain tops. There are approximately 87 other Leptospermums that usually grow in woodlands and heaths. Some have adapted to tolerate a dry existence and bush fires, while others thrive in swamps.

Sunset the Pinnacle

Having a World Heritage paradise at your back door enhances the quality of life for the local residents. The Wet Tropics community have a strong affiliation with the aesthetic qualities of their landscape. Port Douglas can be seen as the peninsula to the left.

Setting Sun - The Pinnacle

Mountain tea tree - the Pinnacle

Mountain Tea tree (Leptospermum wooroonooran) is known only from the mountains north west of Mossman, the Mt Spurgeon-Mt Lewis area and the Bellenden Ker Range. Growing in windswept vegetation on high exposed ridges in areas which are otherwise clothed in mountain rain forest, it has an altitudinal range of 1100 - 1500m.

Orchid on Rock The Pinnacle

Trinity Bay from the Pinnacle

There is controversy over the naming of the Pinnacle. Some locals, guide books and Qld Gov Dept call the Pinnacle the 'Devils Thumb', but according to the 1983 topographic maps, Wet Tropics Vegetation maps 2013, Google Earth app Qld Globe 2013 and many botanists, Mossman Bluff is actually the 'Devils Thumb' and the Pinnacle is labelled 'The Pinnacle' or 'Pinnacle Rock'. If anybody can resolve this with constructive comments please contact me via the contact page.

Fern Field or Chinese Garden ?

Whilst soil conditions and topography are major influences on this formation, it is also a reflection of historical Aboriginal burning. In his diary, the explorer Christie Palmerston, refers to the passage of a Traditional Aboriginal Owner to the top of Mount Bartle Frere expressly to burn these fern areas. There is distinctive vegetation zoning patterns surrounding present day occurrences of these fern complexes which is consistent with the progressive encroachment by the surrounding forest.

Daintree River mouth & Snapper Is.