Deepwater National Park

Deepwater National Park
Run from the north into Deepwater National Park
Coordinates: 24 ° 15 ′ 40 ″  S , 151 ° 53 ′ 31 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	Sand dunes, coastal heathland, forest
Next city:	Miriam Vale
Surface:	47.3 km²
Founding:	1988

The Deepwater National Park (English: Deepwater National Park ) is a national park in the east of the Australian state of Queensland .

In the national park, sand dunes and coastal heathland are protected in the catchment area of Deepwater Creek , one of the last untouched freshwater catchment areas on the east coast of Australia.

The national park was designated in 1988 and covers an area of ​​47.3 square kilometers.

location

It is 375 kilometers north of Brisbane , 60 kilometers northwest of Bundaberg and 80 kilometers southeast of Gladstone .

National nature

The north of the national park is dominated by a 70 meter high, overgrown sand dune. There are also isolated bare rocks of volcanic origin and a series of rocky promontories along the 9.8 kilometers of coastline.

Flora and fauna

The vegetation on the sea-facing side of the dune and its land-facing side is very different. In the east there is typical beach vegetation, which is disheveled by the wind on the upper slopes. In the west, higher vegetation was able to develop in the slipstream, so that forest with plants in three different height areas was created.

Loggerhead sea turtles and leatherback turtles nest on the beach . The barrier reef turtle and the green turtle have also found their nesting area there. This park is the only place on the mainland where leatherback turtles regularly lay eggs.

King fruit pigeon , fairy gerygone ( Gerygone palpabrosa , from the family of the South Sea warblers ) and gray fantails ( Rhipidura albiscapa ) are commonly found in the treetops to the west of the park. Australian oystercatchers , woodcock , sandpiper, and common tern are common on the beaches . Also emus and Brahminy Kite can be found in the national park.

There is also the largest species of cockroach in Queensland, ( Macropanesthia sp. ), There.

Facilities

There is a campground, outhouse and picnic tables at Wreck Rock , 5.5 km north of the southern border of the national park. Another campground is located further north on Middle Rock - but without special facilities for campers. Picnic areas for day-trippers can be found at Flat Rock .

Bringing pets and lighting open fires is prohibited.

Driveway

The park can be reached from the south through the village of Wartburg . The access road can only be used in the dry season with ordinary road vehicles. There is also a driveway from the north, via Agnes Water . However, because of the steep, sandy slopes, you definitely need a four-wheel drive vehicle .

Web links

• Deepwater National Park . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Retrieved November 5, 2012
• Deepwater National Park . Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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 g h i j} Peter Shilton: Natural Areas of Queensland . Goldpress, Mount Gravatt, Queensland 2005, ISBN 0-9758275-0-2 , pp. 120-123 (accessed July 21, 2011).
4. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 11
5. ↑ Deepwater National Park: Nature, culture and history . Department of Environment and Resource Management. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 21, 2011.