Japoon National Park

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Japoon National Park
Japoon National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 17 ° 44 ′ 23 ″  S , 145 ° 53 ′ 14 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Tropical rain forest
Next city: Japoonvale, El Arish, Earles Court
Surface: 247.99 km²
Founding: 1992
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The Japoon National Park (English: Japoon National Park ) is a national park in the northeast of the Australian state of Queensland .

location

It is located 1,306 km northwest of Brisbane , about 30 km north of Tully and about 30 km southwest of Innisfail .

The park connects to the Tully Gorge and Wooroonooran National Park to the east .

National nature

It is located on the northeastern roof of the Walter Hill Range . The terrain has heights of 100–600 m. The Japoon Creek flows off to the east .

Flora and fauna

Dense tropical rainforest covers the mountain slopes.

The park is part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area , which has been designated as such by BirdLife International because it provides a habitat for various bird species in the Wet Tropics of Queensland . These birds also include cassowaries , of which only 1,000–1,500 specimens exist in northern Queensland.

Driveway

The national park is accessible via Japoon Road ( Kurrimine exit of the Bruce Highway ). Japoonvale is 12 km west of the highway .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  2. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 1997 ( MS Excel ; 93 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  3. ^ A b c d Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 14
  4. ↑ Important Bird Areas factsheet - Wooroonooran . Retrieved December 2, 2011
  5. ^ New National Park to Protect Cassowary . Sydney Morning Herald Online, June 25, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2012