Cape Tribulation is a headland and locality in northern Queensland, Australia 110 km north of Cairns. It is located within the Daintree National Park and the Wet Tropics World Heritage area. At the 2006 census, Cape Tribulation had a population of 101. The locality contains a small number of bed and breakfast eco lodges, tourism resorts and backpacker hostels. A few very rare plants can be found on Cape Tribulation. Cape Tribulation was named by British navigator Lieutenant James Cook on 10 June 1770 after his ship hit a reef as it passed over it, north east of the cape, at 6pm. This... made Cook pull away from the coast, looking for deeper water. At 10.30pm, the Endeavour hit a reef almost sinking Cook's ship, on what is now named Endeavour Reef. Cook recorded "the north point [was named] Cape Tribulation because here began all our troubles". In the 1930s some European settlers started arriving in Cape Tribulation, but they found the rainforest environment a difficult place to get established.
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| City: | Queensland |
| Country: | Australia |
| Latitude: | -16.0667 |
| Longitude: | 145.4667 |
| Also Known As: | Cape Tribulation, Australia |