Kurrimine Beach National Park

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Kurrimine Beach National Park
Reinward grouse (Megapodius reinwardt)
Reinward grouse ( Megapodius reinwardt )
Kurrimine Beach National Park, Queensland
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Coordinates: 17 ° 43 ′ 56 ″  S , 146 ° 5 ′ 44 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Next city: 14 mile (s) from Tully
Surface: 9.1 km²
Founding: 1977
Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina)
Weaver ants ( Oecophylla smaragdina )
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The Kurrimine Beach National Park (English Kurrimine Beach National Park ) is an approximately 9.1 square kilometer 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 . It is also part of the Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area . The park protects one of the few areas with pristine, coastal rainforest .

location

The park is located in the North Queensland region , approximately 30 kilometers south of Innisfail and 180 kilometers northwest of Townsville . Coming from the Bruce Highway , the park can be reached via the turnoff to Kurrimine Beach . From here you can get to the Kurrimine Beach Conservation Area via Jacobs Road . The national park connects to it in the north, but has neither public access nor visitor facilities.

The Barnard Island Group , Maria Creek , Clump Mountain and Basilisk Range national parks are in the vicinity .

use

The area was originally densely forested, today only a few spots with original vegetation can be found in the park. The rest was cleared for agriculture and settlement.

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. ^ Wet Tropics parks , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
  4. ↑ Important Bird Areas (IBAs) - Coastal Wet Tropics , www.birdlife.org, accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  5. ↑ a b c Official Park Website - About ( October 23, 2013 memento on the Internet Archive ) or Park Official Website - Culture ( October 21, 2013 memento on the Internet Archive ), Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, accessed May 7 , 2013 . October 2012