Esk National Park

Esk National Park
Purple Coral Pea ( Hardenbergia violacea ) blossom
Coordinates: 27 ° 17 ′ 37.5 ″  S , 152 ° 19 ′ 13.7 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Next city:	25 kilometer (s) from Esk
Surface:	377 ha
Founding:	2006

The Esk National Park (English Esk National Park ) is a 377 hectare national park in Queensland , Australia .

location

It is located in the South East Queensland region about 70 kilometers west of Brisbane and 220 kilometers south of Hervey Bay . The closest city is Esk . From here the park can be reached via Esk Hampton Road . After about 13 kilometers at the height of Redbank Creek you pass the national park at a distance of a few 100 meters. There are no visitor facilities.

Lockyer , Ravensbourne and Crows-Nest National Parks are in the vicinity .

flora

The national park protects a small area of primary , dry rainforest. In the undergrowth there are some plants from the legume family that are classified as worthy of protection , such as Purple Coral Pea ( Hardenbergia violacea ), Long-leaved Bitter Pea ( Daviesia wyattiana ), Dillwynia phylicoides and Hovea planifolia .

Individual evidence

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