SES rescue crews responded to calls from two different caravan parks — the BIG4 Cairns Crystal Cascades park and the Cool Waters Holiday Park. “There was access issues to those people.

He described the flood water as being like a torrent. More than 40 people have been evacuated from two caravan parks in Cairns overnight and rainfall is likely to continue throughout today.

Some other parks do not use or maintain cairns for directional purposes and tell hikers not to use ones they might see on the trail as a hiking path, such as Utah's Capitol Reef National Park.