Blackdown Tableland National Park

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Blackdown Tableland National Park
Blackdown Tableland National Park from above
Blackdown Tableland National Park from above
Blackdown Tableland National Park, Queensland
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Coordinates: 23 ° 43 ′ 25 ″  S , 149 ° 3 ′ 37 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Sandstone plateau with gorges and waterfalls
Next city: Dingo, bluff
Surface: 479.50 km²
Founding: 1991
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The Blackdown Tableland National Park (English: Blackdown Tableland National Park ) is a national park in the east of the Australian state of Queensland . The mountainous plateau is a unique landscape with gorges, waterfalls and a wide variety of vegetation.

The national park is the traditional settlement area of the Ghungalu Aboriginal tribe . Their rock carvings can be found in the park.

location

It is 576 kilometers northwest of Brisbane .

Terrain forms

The Blackdown Tableland is a 600 m high sandstone plateau that rises steeply from the plain. The Stony Creek and the Mimosa Creek are about to dig into ravines where even waterfalls can be admired. The area is part of the sandstone belt in central Queensland.

The table land is where the Shotover Range , the Expedition Range and the Dawson Range meet. Traces of wrinkling can be found in the uplifts and depressions between the mountains.

Climate and vegetation

The plateau has a more moderate local climate than the surrounding plains. You will find light forests, heaths, ferns and a wide variety of plants and animals, some of them endemic . In parts of the eastern plateau, the annual rainfall is 1,500 mm. Occasionally the plateau is shrouded in thick fog.

Facilities

Camping is permitted at the Munall campsite . There are hiking trails to lookout points, heritage sites, and streams. There is a picnic area at Yaddamen Dhina Lookout .

Driveway

Access to the national park was difficult before the road through the Queensland Forest Department was built in 1969. To get to the park entrance, turn off the Capricorn Highway 11 km before Dingo .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
  2. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 1997 ( MS Excel ; 93 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f About Blackdown Tableland . Department of Environment and Resource Management. June 7, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  4. ^ A b c Peter Shilton: Natural Areas of Queensland . Goldpress, Mount Gravatt, Queensland 2005, ISBN 0-9758275-0-2 , pp. 229-232 (accessed July 6, 2011).