Heathcote Graytown National Park

Heathcote Graytown National Park
Coordinates: 36 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  S , 144 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  E
Location:	Victoria , Australia
Surface:	128.33 km²
Founding:	1992

The Heathcote Greytown National Park (English Heathcote Greytown National Park) is a national park in the Australian state of Victoria , which is about 110 km north of Melbourne . The park was placed under protection in 1992 and has an area of ​​12,833 hectares.

General

The park encompasses the southern portion of the Rushworth-Heathcote State Forest and includes a significant portion of the largest ecological and culturally significant box-ironbark forest remaining. Characteristic tree species are the eucalyptus species Red Ironbark, Gray Box and Yellow Box.

nature

So far, 17 endangered species have been identified in the park, such as the orchid species Caladenia concolor , the glycine species Glycine latrobeana , the mean flying squirrel bucket , the giant owl ( Ninox strictua ), the swallow parakeet and the snake species Bandy-Bandy ( vermicella annulat ).

You can also observe swamp wallabies , the yellow-footed pouch mice , bearded dragons , geckos and short-headed gliding pouches .

Web links

• Victoria Government Information
• Information brochure, pdf ( Memento from March 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Footnotes

1. ↑ Information from the government of Victoria on the history of the park ( Memento of the original from 23 September 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ General information from the government of Victoria ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.