Brampton Islands National Park

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Brampton Islands National Park
Brampton Island (in the background) and Carlisle Island (in the foreground)
Brampton Island (in the background) and Carlisle Island (in the foreground)
Brampton Islands National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 20 ° 47 ′ 15 ″  S , 149 ° 17 ′ 8 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Eucalyptus and rainforests, sandy beaches, coral reefs
Next city: Mackay
Surface: 10.1 km²
Founding: 1968
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The Brampton Islands National Park (English: Brampton Islands National Park ) is a national park in the east of the Australian state of Queensland . It is 834 km northwest of Brisbane and about 35 km north of Mackay . It covers most of Brampton Island and the entire area of ​​neighboring Carlisle Island . The park is part of the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

The South Cumberland Islands , Newry Islands , Yuwi Paree Toolkoon and Smith Islands National Parks are in the vicinity .

location

It is 834 km northwest of Brisbane and approximately 35 km north of Mackay .

Sights and facilities

The park has rainforests , sandy beaches and coral reefs . There are hiking trails to the highest point of Brampton Island and around the island. The 8.7 km long circular route leads visitors through sparse eucalyptus forests , wet and dry rainforests, grasslands and mangrove forests .

Camping is permitted on Carlisle Island , where facilities are also available. From October to May one can find box jellyfish in the sea around the islands .

Web links

Commons : Brampton Island  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Whitsunday and Mackay Islands Visitor Management Strategy - Visitor Management Settings - Map 3 'Mackay' ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.8 MB), Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed January 7, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nprsr.qld.gov.au
  4. ↑ a b c Explore Queensland's National Parks . Explore Australia Publishing, Prahran, Victoria 2008, ISBN 978-1-74117-245-4 , p. 18.