Dan-Dan National Park

Dan-Dan National Park
Copper-necked pigeon ( Geopelia humeralis )
Coordinates: 24 ° 9 ′ 43.8 ″  S , 151 ° 4 ′ 17.4 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Next city:	25.00 mile (s) from Gladstone
Surface:	16.45 km²
Founding:	2006

The Dan Dan National Park (English Dan Dan National Park ) is a 16.4 square kilometer national park in Queensland , Australia .

location

It is located about 420 kilometers north of Brisbane and 105 kilometers south of Rockhampton . The closest town is Gladstone . From here the park can be reached via the Dawson Highway . After Calliope , Gladstone Mount Road branches off to the south, after about 2 kilometers you follow Tableland Road . 20 kilometers further south, the road crosses the national park. There are no visitor facilities.

The Castle Tower , Wietalaba , Dawes and Kroombit Tops national parks are in the vicinity .

Flora and fauna

The park, which is up to 350 meters high, protects primary , dry rainforests and open eucalyptus forests. 87 different bird species have been observed in the diverse vegetation, copper-necked pigeons ( Geopelia humeralis ), all-color loris ( Trichoglossus haematodus ), red-tipped mistletoe ( Dicaeum hirundinaceum ) and golden-eared honey-eaters ( Meliphaga lewinii ) are particularly common .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
2. ↑ OSM - Dan Dan National Park , OpenStreetMap , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
3. ↑ Species List , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012.