Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park, Nature reserve in Cape York Peninsula, Australia.
Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park is a nature reserve with tropical savanna and wetland areas on Cape York Peninsula. The terrain shifts between open grasslands and denser vegetation zones with scattered low ridges.
The park was gazetted on 16 December 1994 as Starcke National Park, in the Shire of Cook on Cape York Peninsula. On 28 November 2013 it was renamed Juunju Daarrba Nhirrpan National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land), a name change tied to the park's Aboriginal land status. It covers 8,039 hectares, about 50 km north of Cooktown.
The park sits on Aboriginal land and reflects the deep connection of indigenous communities to this region. The landscape itself carries stories tied to the people who have lived here for thousands of years.
There is no access to the park and no visitor facilities. The Starcke Wakooka Track, suitable only for four-wheel-drive vehicles, runs along the eastern boundary; the park lies 50 km north of Cooktown and 90 km northeast of Laura.
The area links multiple river systems together and plays a role in regional water cycles. This connection between different water sources makes it an important ecosystem for the broader region.
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