Mount Coolum National Park

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Mount Coolum National Park
Southern flank of the mountain
Southern flank of the mountain
Mount Coolum National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 26 ° 33 ′ 48 ″  S , 153 ° 5 ′ 2 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Lava dome, forest and heathland, wetlands
Next city: Coolum Beach
Surface: 3.67 km²
Founding: 1990
The mountain rises from the flat surrounding area.
The mountain rises from the flat surrounding area.
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The Mount Coolum National Park (English: Mount Coolum National Park ) is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland . It is located just over 100 kilometers north of Brisbane and approximately twelve kilometers north of Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast between the Sunshine Motorway and the coast.

National nature

The Mount Coolum is a lava dome , nearly circular floor plan and steep rock crashes on its south side. The mountain, about a kilometer from the beach, rises abruptly from the coastal plain to a height of 208 meters. Its appearance is similar to that of the Glass House Mountains , which are further south. Mount Coolum consists mainly of 25 million year old rhyolite that forms regular pillars and connecting patterns. An abandoned quarry can be found at the eastern foot of the mountain.

Flora and fauna

The national park is known for its remarkable plant diversity. More than 700 different species have been registered here. The most important plant communities are eucalyptus forest , coastal wallum heath , myrtle heath - wetlands , rare mountain heather and also some rainforest .

A pair of peregrine falcons were observed nesting on the cliffs in the south .

Facilities

An 800 meter long path leads from the parking lot on Tanah Street West in the settlement of Mount Coolum on the northeast flank to Mount Coolum. At first this path is flat and well developed, but it soon becomes very steep and narrow. In wet weather it can easily become very slippery. Around 140 people climb Mount Coolum every day.

There is a warning light on the mountain for planes taking off from the nearby Sunshine Coast Airport .

Driveway

The national park is from the state road no. 6, that of Nambour to Noosa leading David Low Way accessible from.

Web links

Commons : Mount Coolum National Park  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

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 Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007, ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 , p. 5.
  4. ↑ a b c Mount Coolum National Park . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Retrieved November 28, 2012
  5. ↑ Mount Coolum National Park - Nature, culture and history. In: Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. August 27, 2012, accessed on January 20, 2013 (English): “The cliffs of the Mount Coolum section provide habitat for a pair of nesting peregrine falcons Falco peregrinus. This pair of falcons is one of 25-35 known pairs in south-east Queensland. "
  6. ↑ Kathy Sundstrom: Call to restrict climbing on popular Sunshine Coast mountain. In: Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media, March 9, 2011, accessed March 14, 2011 .