Djiru National Park

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Djiru National Park
Djiru National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 17 ° 53 ′ 30 ″  S , 146 ° 3 ′ 42 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Next city: 4 kilometer (s) from Mission Beach
Surface: 41.23 km²
Founding: 2005
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The Djiru National Park (English Djiru National Park ), until 2009 Tam-O'Shanter National Park , is an approximately 41 km² national park in Queensland , Australia . Since 1988 it has been listed as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site Wet Tropics of Queensland because of its natural beauty, biodiversity , evolutionary history and as a habitat for numerous endangered animal species . The park protects one of the few areas with pristine, coastal rainforest .

location

The park is located in the North Queensland region , approximately 170 km north of Townsville and 40 km south of Innisfail . The Clump Mountain National Park is in the immediate vicinity. The park can be reached via Tully Mission Beach Road which branches off north of Tully from the Bruce Highway in an easterly direction to Mission Beach .

history

Since the exploration of northern Queensland, which began with Edmund Kennedy's landing aboard the Tam O'Shanter in 1848, and the first settlement at Mission Beach in 1882, over 80 percent of the forest has been cleared for agriculture. Until the 1970s, wood was selectively felled in the remaining forests until these remaining rainforests were placed under protection.

Flora and fauna

In national park some unusual species of palm trees are located, such as ( Licuala ramsayi ) from the kind of licuala or endangered ( arenga australasica ) from the kind of Arengapalmen . You can find numerous butterflies here B. the Odysseus butterfly ( Papilio ulysses ) and lizards. Fish and turtles, such as the sawtooth shell turtles ( Myuchelys latisternum ), can be seen in the streams .

Facilities

There are two visitor facilities in the park, Licula and Lacey Creek . Here you can get an insight into the diverse, tropical rainforest on several hiking trails. There are no camping facilities.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Important Bird Areas (IBAs) - Coastal Wet Tropics , www.birdlife.org, accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e 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. ^ Official website of the park - Culture , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012 (English)