The Park has a total area of 7830 hectares and protects a diversity of habitat and landform types from mangrove/beach dunes and low lying closed forest communities to elevated woodlands. It represents a floral resource which is valued for its structural formations and transitional distribution. More than 420 species have been recorded in the district.
Of these, six species are at their southernmost limit of range, two at their northernmost limit and three are listed as rare and endangered.

Pandanus species or Screw Pine, as they are commonly known, are typically growing along the Queensland coast. Their knarled, weatherbeaten appearance adds to the uniqueness of the coastline. Pandanus often sit on stout prop roots. Big balls of fruit appear only on mature trees.

Coast Banksia Banksia integrifolia

The coastal section of the park is represented by thirteen plant communities. This includes the restricted community of lowland rainforest occurring on the coastal sand ridges (rainforest so dense that the track through the park tunnels its way through the overhanging canopy). The rainforest contrasts with the vast open paperbark forests which dominate the swampy areas. Casuarinas and Spinifex grass border the shoreline sweep of Bustard Bay.

Of particular interest is the rainforest with Hoop Pine emergents growing on sand. In addition, the park contains the only significant occurrence of the North Queensland Alexandra Palm in a lowland location in south east or central Queensland.