Mount Martin National Park

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Mount Martin National Park
Mount Martin National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 21 ° 5 ′ 26.3 ″  S , 148 ° 53 ′ 41.7 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Next city: 20 mile (s) from Mackay
Surface: 21.73 km²
Founding: 2008
White-browed hawk
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The Mount Martin National Park (English Mount Martin National Park ) is a 22 square kilometer national park in Queensland , Australia .

location

It's located south of the Bruce Highway , 20 miles northwest of Mackay and 90 miles south of Airlie Beach . There are no roads, hiking trails or other visitor facilities in the national park.

In the neighborhood are the national parks Eungella , Mount Ossa , Bluff Hill and Pioneer Peaks .

Terrain forms

The Mount Martin National Park comprises a range of granite hills up to 490 meters high that rise from the coastal plain. It forms a natural connection between the higher inland Clarke and Conners Ranges and the coastal lowlands.

Flora and fauna

The vegetation consists mainly of rainforest with an increasing number of New Guinea Araucarias (English: Hoop Pines ).

The park is home to near threatened bird species such as the white-browed goshawk and soot-oystercatcher .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  2. a b c d Cape Hillsborough, Pioneer Peaks, Mount Ossa, Mount Martin and Reliance Creek National Parks and adjoining State Waters Management Plan (PDF; 1.9 MB), Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English )