Mooloolah River National Park

Mooloolah River National Park
Wallum Banksie ( Banksia aemula )
Coordinates: 26 ° 43 ′ 18 ″  S , 153 ° 4 ′ 51 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	Flood plain with casuarina forests
Next city:	Mooloolaba
Surface:	9.26 km²
Founding:	1960

The Mooloolah River National Park (English: Mooloolah River National Park ) is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland .

location

It is 84 kilometers north of Brisbane and 7 kilometers south of Maroochydore .

The Sunshine Motorway (S70) runs through the northwest part of the park.

The national parks Eudlo Creek , Dularcha , Ferntree Creek and Mount Coolum are in the vicinity .

National nature

The park includes floodplains and gently rolling plains on the lower reaches of the Mooloolah River .

Flora and fauna

Coastal rainforest is the predominant form of vegetation in Mooloolah River National Park. In addition, ecologically important Wallum heathland is protected in the park . There is also a small population of the Emu Mountain Casuarina ( Allocasuarina emuina ).

Long-tailed fruit pigeons ( Ptilinopus magnificus ), gold-bellied flycatchers and Richmond Birdwing ( Ornithoptera richmondia ), a species of butterfly, can also be found in the park.

Facilities and access

Camping is not permitted in the national park and there are no hiking trails or other facilities. In November 1999 a management plan for the park was published.

The national park can be reached in ten minutes from Mooloolaba via the Sunshine Highway.

Web links

• Official site of the park (English)

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. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 5
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Mooloolah River National Park . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Retrieved November 27, 2012
5. ↑ Allocasuarina emuina - Emu Mountain Sheoak . In: Species Profile and Threats Database . Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
6. ^ Mooloolah River National Park management plan . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Archived from the original on March 30, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 8, 2010.