Herberton Range National Park

Herberton Range National Park
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Coordinates: 17 ° 21 ′ 55 ″  S , 145 ° 28 ′ 5 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	Tropical rain forest
Next city:	12 kilometer (s) from Atherton
Surface:	77.07 km²
Founding:	2008
Bracken fern in open woodland

The Herberton Range National Park (English Herberton Range National Park ) is a 77 square kilometer - together with the State Forest of the same name even 156 square kilometers - large national park in Queensland , Australia . Since 1988 it has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Wet Tropics of Queensland because of its natural beauty, biological diversity , evolutionary history and as a habitat for numerous endangered animal species . It is characterized by lush mountain rainforest .

history

The national park is named after the place Herberton . The town flourished in the 1880s when a tin vein was discovered here.

As early as 1954, 156 square kilometers of the area were designated as State Forest , of which 7,707 hectares were declared a Forest Reserve in 2003 and finally a National Park on November 28, 2008. 197 hectares of the Forest Reserve were rededicated to the Conservation Park to continue riding there.

Location and access

The park is located in the Atherton Tablelands and is approximately 12 kilometers south of Atherton and 30 kilometers north of Ravenshoe . It borders directly on the Mount Hypipamee National Park . Access to the northern part of the park is about halfway along Atherton Herberton Road , from here a hiking trail leads to the 1017 meter high summit of Mount Baldy and you can cross the mountain range in a four-wheel drive vehicle on Herberton Ridge Road . The road reaches a little over 1200 meters.

flora

High, open forest of "Bloodwood" ( Corymbia intermedia ) and "Red Mahogany" trees ( Eucalyptus resinifera ) as well as high-altitude rainforests, found along the summit of the ridge over 900 meters, are protected in the park. Due to the year-round high humidity, there are numerous mosses , ferns and epiphytes ; often shrouded in clouds or fog, these forests are also called "cloud forests" (Eng .: cloud forest called). They are particularly important for the water balance, as they can store large amounts of water like a sponge and then release it all year round.

Web links

• Official site of the park - Herberton Range (English)
• Official site of the park - Herberton Range Conservation Park (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Official Park Website - About , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
2. ^ Wet Tropics parks , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
3. ↑ Official Park Website , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
4. ↑ Official website of the park - Conservation Park - About  ( 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. , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012  
5. ^ Official website of the park - Culture , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012 (English)