Kalkajaka National Park - Wikipedia
WEBKalkajaka ("Black Mountain") is a heavily significant feature of the Kuku Nyungkal people's cultural landscape. Kalkajaka translates to "place of the spear". Queensland's Department of Environment and Natural Resources has been advised of at least four sites of particular mythological significance within the area as follows: [5]
Kalkajaka: Australia's Black Mountain - Ancient Origins
WEBJan 30, 2013 · Black Mountain, known to the Aboriginals as Kalkajaka meaning ‘the place of the spear’, is located in Queensland, Australia. The mountain consists of large piles of black granite rocks and huge granite boulders, some of …
Kalkajaka, the mysterious Black Mountain - This Place
WEBJan 29, 2020 · Black Mountain is a place of mystery and legend to Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike, dubbed the 'Bermuda Triangle' of far north Queensland due to stories dating back to the late 1800s of disappeared people, horses and whole mobs of cattle.
'Don't muck around with the spirits': Black Mountain's dark secrets
WEBOct 20, 2018 · To tourists, Kalkajaka is Black Mountain — an eerie and striking landform along the Trevathan Range that many feel compelled to stop at on their drive from Mareeba to Cooktown. The mass of massive, granite boulders towers over the landscape: a black and barren sight in stark contrast to the scrubby green savannah below.
Black Mountain: The little-known landmark dubbed Queensland's …
WEBDec 19, 2018 · It’s been dubbed the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ of Queensland, with stories dating from the late 1800s to 1930s of early explorers, horses and whole mobs of cattle disappearing into the labyrinth of rocks, never to be seen again.
Kalkajaka National Park (CYPAL) | Parks and forests | Department …
WEBOct 1, 2021 · An imposing mountain range of massive granite boulders, home to unique wildlife and rich in Aboriginal culture.
Black Mountain – Rossville, Australia - Atlas Obscura
WEBJul 9, 2019 · Discover Black Mountain in Rossville, Australia: Legend says entire herds of cattle have disappeared within this boulder-strewn landscape.
Kalkajaka, the mysterious Black Mountain - This Place
WEBMay 26, 2019 · To tourists, Black Mountain is the eerie and striking land... To traditional owners, Kalkajaka is a sacred battle field of both spirits and warring clan groups.
Black Mountain Kalkajaka National Park | Attractions - Queensland
WEBAt the northern end of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Kalkajaka National Park (CYPAL) contains an imposing mountain range of black granite boulders. These formidable boulders, some the size of houses, stack precariously on one another—appearing to defy both gravity and logic.
Black Mountain National Park, (Kalkajaka N.P.) - Cooktown and …
WEBBlack Mountain, Queensland. Courtesy of Tourism Queensland. Located 25 km south of Cooktown on the Mulligan Highway, the mysterious Black Mountains were originally formed from magma that slowly solidified under the Earth's crust about 250 million years ago.