Epping Forest National Park

Epping Forest National Park
Northern hair- nosed wombat ( Lasiorhinus krefftii )
Coordinates: 22 ° 21 ′ 6 ″  S , 146 ° 42 ′ 5 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	Clay pan, eucalyptus forest, northern hair-nosed wombat
Next city:	Clermont (on Gregory Highway )
Surface:	27.5 km²
Founding:	1971

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

The park is for scientific purposes only and is therefore not open to the public. Only scientists, rangers and volunteers are allowed in.

location

It is located 855 kilometers northwest of Brisbane and 115 kilometers northwest of Clermont near the Belyando River .

The Mazeppa and Narrien Range national parks are in the vicinity .

National nature

Epping Forest is a shallow or gently sloping clay pan through which Fox Creek , a non-year-round tributary of the Belyando River, flows. In the past, a large, year-round watercourse must have flowed through this area, leaving massive sand deposits behind.

Flora and fauna

The access restrictions are intended to ensure that the Epping Forest remains as unchanged as possible, as it is the only remaining natural habitat of the endangered Northern Hairy Nose Wombat . At the last count of the animals living there, only 138 of these species were found. In the 1970s, however, the population was believed to have dropped to 20–30 wombats.

Besides the wombats, 127 species of birds, 43 species of reptiles, 10 species of frogs and 25 species of mammals are native to the park.

In the park there is a light eucalyptus forest . The wombats build their homes on the scattered sandy spots.

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. ^ ^{A b c} Northern hairy-nosed wombats at Epping Forest National Park (Scientific) . Department of Environment and Resource Management. April 20, 2011. Accessed on September 26, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 10
5. ^ ^{A b} Epping Forest National Park (Scientific) - Management Plan 2011 . Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. Dept. of Environment and Resource Management. Government of Queensland (PDF; 459 kB)
6. ^ Belyando Basin . NQ Dry Tropics. Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. 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 September 26, 2011.