Dinden National Park

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Dinden National Park
Common Mist Frog (Litoria rheocola)
Common Mist Frog ( Litoria rheocola )
Dinden National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 17 ° 0 ′ 35 ″  S , 145 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Rainforest
Next city: 20 km from Mareeba
Surface: 197.06 km²
Founding: 2005
Waterfall Frog (Litoria nannoti)
Waterfall Frog ( Litoria nannoti )
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The Dinden National Park (English Dinden National Park ) is about 197 square kilometers large national park in Queensland , Australia . Because of its natural beauty, biodiversity and evolutionary history, it has been listed as a habitat for numerous endangered animal species and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Wet Tropics of Queensland since 1988 . The park is also part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area , which is home to numerous endemic bird species.

Location and access

The park is located in the Atherton Tablelands and is approximately 20 kilometers east of Mareeba and 22 kilometers west of Cairns . In the north it borders directly on the Barron Gorge , in the west on the Barron Gorge and in the south on the Danbulla National Park . The park can be reached via the Kennedy Highway , about halfway between Mareeba and Speewah , Davies Creek Road branches off, on which you reach the Dinden Campground after 10 kilometers . Another access road leads from the Kennedy Highway, about 9 kilometers south of Kuranda on the Clohesy River Road also into the park. A four-wheel drive vehicle is recommended for all roads in the national park, during the rainy season these can become impassable at times.

landscape

The Dinden National Park extends over large parts of the Lambs Range , a mountain range in the Cairns hinterland. On the eastern, precipitation- rich slopes, rainforest dominates , while on the western, rainforest side, eucalyptus forest dominates. Between these two opposing vegetation zones runs a narrow strip of moist hard-leaf vegetation (English Wet Sclerophyll ). One of the three retreat areas of the endangered Northern Bettong ( Bettongia tropica ) from the rat kangaroo family is also located here . These small, solitary animals feed almost exclusively on truffles .

Some endangered species such as the common mist frog ( Litoria rheocola ), the waterfall frog ( Litoria nannoti ) and the Australian lacelid ( Nyctimystes dayi ) live in the park area. The diademed masked parrot ( Cyclopsitta diophthalma macleayana ) and the red owl ( Ninox rufa queenslandica ) are classified as endangered .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Important Bird Areas (IBAs) - Wooroonooran , www.birdlife.org, accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  2. ↑ a b Official Park Website - About , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
  3. ^ Wet Tropics parks , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
  4. ↑ a b Official website of the park - Culture , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012 (English)