Forty Mile Scrub National Park

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Forty Mile Scrub National Park
Four-barred swordtail (Protographium leosthenes)
Four-barred swordtail ( Protographium leosthenes )
Forty Mile Scrub National Park, Queensland
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Coordinates: 18 ° 5 ′ 22 ″  S , 144 ° 51 ′ 44 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Dry rainforest
Next city: Mount Surprise
Surface: 63.3 km²
Founding: 1970
Australian cockroach (Macropanesthia rhinoceros)
Australian cockroach ( Macropanesthia rhinoceros )
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The Forty Mile Scrub National Park (English: Forty Mile Scrub National Park ) is a national park in the northeast of the Australian state of Queensland .

location

It is 1,342 kilometers northwest of Brisbane , 130 kilometers southwest of Innisfail and 120 kilometers east of Georgetown on the Kennedy Highway .

The Undara-Volcanic and Kinrara National Parks are in the vicinity .

Terrain forms

The national park is located on the volcanic McBride Plateau . There spring The Lynd Creek , the Barwon Creek and Cleanskin Creek , all tributaries of the Gilbert River .

Flora and fauna

The plateau is covered with dry rainforest and is one of the few places where you can still find this type of vegetation, which was once widespread in the region. There you will find bottle trees , cedar trees , fig trees and carob trees .

While koalas only live intermittently in this park, possums , skinks , butterflies and many species of birds can be found there all year round. The Australian cockroach ( Macropanesthia rhinoceros ), the world's largest cockroach species , is also native here. With a length of 8 centimeters and a weight of 20 to 30 grams, it is the size of a mouse.

The Four-barred Swordtail ( Protographium leosthenes ) is one of the most interesting butterflies that can be easily spotted in Forty Mile Scrub National Park. It is medium-sized and has white wings with four brown-black bands and various blue and yellow spots. The adult butterfly only lives two to three weeks, but it can survive for several years in the pupal stage .

Access and facilities

The national park is located near the junction of the Gulf Developmental Road and the Kennedy Highway. The easiest way to get there is from the northeast, from Cairns . Road vehicles can also be used from the west, coming from Normanton . Only the Kennedy Developmental Road , which connects Hughenden from the south , is partially unpaved.

Camping in the park is not permitted. There is a short circular walk and picnic facilities.

Web links

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. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 13
  4. ↑ a b c d e Forty Mile Scrub National Park . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Retrieved November 8, 2012
  5. ↑ a b Official Park Website - Culture , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed January 7, 2013