Daintree National Park - Daintree National Park is a complex of long sandy beaches, rocky headlands and steep mountain ranges intersected by numerous creeks and rivers. One of Australia?s last extensive stands of lowland rainforest is found here.

Dalrymple National Park - Ancient lava flows, fossilised limestone and the Burdekin River are highlights here, along with the site of the former Dalrymple township, one of the first inland settlements in northern Australia.

Danbulla National Park - Crater lakes, huge strangler figs, rainforest walks, lakeside camping areas and places of important local history are some of the interesting features along the 28km Danbulla forest drive.

Dan Dan National Park - Predominantly eucalypt woodland and open forests with some araucarian vine forest present (mostly in Forest Reserve). Logging of hoop pine continued until 1960.

Davies National Park - Rugged granite outcrops in open eucalypt forest setting. Waterfall. Spring wildflowers. Self-registration camping. East of Mareeba.

Deepwater National Park - On sandy soils to the west of the track grows a mosaic of paperbark forests, low shrubland dominated by wallum banksia and open heathlands. These taper into swamplands close to Deepwater Creek.

Diamantina National Park - Vast open plains stretching towards the horizon are broken only by the coolibah-lined channels of meandering rivers and creeks in Diamantina National Park.

Dinden National Park - Dinden National Park straddles the Lamb Range. Rainforest cloaks the wetter eastern side of the range, where Lake Morris, the main water reservoir for Cairns, is situated.

Dularcha National Park - A bat colony in an historic railway tunnel and some attractive bushland are protected within these parks, just north of Landsborough.