Mowbray National Park

Mowbray National Park
Coordinates: 16 ° 32 ′ 39 ″  S , 145 ° 26 ′ 6 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	Rainforest
Next city:	7 kilometer (s) from Port Douglas
Surface:	86.7 km²
Founding:	1989

The Mowbray National Park (English Mowbray National Park ) is an approximately 86 square kilometers 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 . The park is also part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area , which is home to numerous endemic bird species. For wildlife, it is an important corridor between the Daintree / Carbine Tablelands region in the north and the parks of the Atherton Tablelands in the south. The pyramid-shaped Black Mountain is the landmark of Mowbray National Park.

location

The park is located in the Far North Queensland region , about 50 kilometers north of Cairns and 5 kilometers west of Port Douglas . In the south it borders directly on the Kuranda National Park . The park can be accessed via the Mowbray River Road which branches off the Captain Cook Highway near Craiglie . After about 5 kilometers you reach the historic Bump Track , which was laid out in 1877 to get to the gold fields in the hinterland. It was notorious for its steep climbs, often the passengers of the carriages had to get off and cover parts of the way on foot.

Flora and fauna

The vegetation is characterized by open eucalyptus forests and tropical rainforests . This is the home of the endangered cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius johnsonii ), a flightless bird that can grow up to 2 m in size, and the rare Lumholtz tree kangaroo ( Dendrolagus lumholtzi ).

Web links

• Official site of the park (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) - Wooroonooran. BirdLife, accessed August 17, 2015 . 
2. ^ Wet Tropics parks. Queensland Government, accessed August 17, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} About Kuranda and Mowbray. Queensland Government, accessed August 17, 2015 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Nature, Culture and History. Queensland Government, accessed August 17, 2015 .