Kuranda National Park

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Kuranda National Park
Ray palm (Licuala ramsayi)
Rays palm ( Licuala ramsayi )
Kuranda National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 17 ° 0 ′ 35 ″  S , 145 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Rainforest
Next city: 5 km from Kuranda
Surface: 243.62 km²
Founding: 1989
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The Kuranda National Park (English Kuranda National Park ) is an approximately 243 km² national park in Queensland , Australia . Since 1988 it has been listed as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site Wet Tropics of Queensland because of its natural beauty, biodiversity , evolutionary history and as a habitat for numerous endangered animal species . The park is also part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area , which is home to numerous endemic bird species. For wildlife, it is an important corridor between the Daintree / Carbine Tablelands region in the north and the parks of the Atherton Tablelands in the south.

location

The park is located in the Far North Queensland region , about 20 km north of Cairns and 30 km south of Port Douglas . In the north it borders directly on the Mombray National Park and in the south on the Barron Gorge National Park . The only access to the park is the Black Mountain Road . It branches off from the Kennedy Highway at Kuranda immediately east of the Barron River Bridge and runs for 43 km through the entire park until it ends near Julatten . The northern and southern parts of the roads can be driven by normal vehicles; the middle section requires all-wheel drive. Black Mountain Road is closed during the rainy season .

Flora and fauna

The tropical rainforest is home to the endangered cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius johnsonii ), a flightless bird that can grow up to 2 m in size, and the rare Lumholtz tree kangaroo ( Dendrolagus lumholtzi ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Important Bird Areas (IBAs) - Wooroonooran , www.birdlife.org, accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  2. ^ Wet Tropics parks , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
  3. ↑ a b Official Park Website - About , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
  4. ^ Official website of the park - Culture , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012 (English)