Crater Lakes National Park

Crater Lakes National Park
Lake Eacham
Coordinates: 17 ° 14 ′ 45 ″  S , 145 ° 37 ′ 44 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	Rainforest , two maars
Next city:	Yungaburra
Surface:	9.74 km²
Founding:	1994
Lake Barrine

The Crater Lakes National Park (ger .: Crater Lakes National Park ) is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland in Australia . The National Park with two wares is on the list of UNESCO - World Heritage listed and national conservation list. Lake Barrine National Park and Lake Eacham National Park were designated as two independent national parks as early as 1934 before they were merged in 1994.

location

The national park is located in the Atherton Tableland about 60 kilometers south of Cairns ; the closest place to the park is Yungaburra .

The park with a size of not quite ten square kilometers is divided into two parts. The two areas each surround one of the two eponymous lakes.

The national parks Gadgarra , Little Mulgrave , Yungaburra and Curtain Fig are in the vicinity .

Crater lakes

In Crater Lakes National Park there are two volcanic lakes, Lake Barrine and Lake Eacham , which are eight kilometers apart. They were created by volcanic activity when glowing lava exploded in contact with groundwater, creating craters that over time filled with rainwater.

The lakes are surrounded by rainforests , in which buttress roots , strangler fig and kauri trees as well as climbing and epiphytes grow.

Flora and fauna

More than 180 species of birds, Hypsilurus boydii , musk rat kangaroo , Australian amethyst python (3 to 5 meters in length, the largest snake in Australia), bandicoots , broad-footed pouch mice , possums , rats , bats , kangaroos , frogs and reptiles live in the nature reserve . There are also numerous butterflies such as Papilio ulysses , the eastern Australian water dragon and Hypsilurus boydii. In the western part of Lake Eacham , a maar , some of the rare turtle species endemic to Australia can be found. Until the mid-1980s, the rainbow fish Melanotaenia eachamensis , which is endemic to the lake and has since disappeared, also occurred here . However, the species survived through breeding. The banded tree monitor (Varanus scalaris) , which lives in the broken forest zone of the Crater Lake, is one of the somewhat larger lizards in the national park .

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  Boyd's forest dragon

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  Musk rat kangaroo

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  Australian amethyst python on Lake Barrine

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  Papilio ulysses

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  Australian water dragon

tourism

The lakes offer recreational opportunities for hiking, swimming and picnicking. Both crater lakes have designated areas with picnic tables with sun protection, drinking water and toilets. There are barbecue tables with gas at Lake Eacham . Hiking trails lead visitors around the lakes. There are self-catering huts and accommodation in Mareeba and Yungaburra near the lakes .

Web links

• Official website
• Map of the Tablelands Parks and Forests (north)

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. ↑ Official Park Website - Lake Eacham - About , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
4. ^ Official website of the park - Lake Barrine - About , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012 (English)
5. ↑ derm.gov.au ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Crater Lakes National Park , accessed January 18, 2012  
6. ↑ ^{a b c} exploreaustralia.net.au : Crater Lakes National Park , in English, accessed January 18, 2012
7. ↑ derm.qld.gov.au ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Nature, culture and history , in English, accessed January 18, 2012