Nairana National Park

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Nairana National Park
Giant stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
Giant stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus )
Nairana National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 21 ° 40 ′ 53 ″  S , 146 ° 54 ′ 10.8 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Next city: 180 kilometer (s) from Charters Towers
Surface: 95.2 km²
Founding: 2003
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The Nairana National Park (English Nairana National Park ) is a 95.2 square kilometer national park in Queensland , Australia . To the south and west border on further 98.8 square kilometer reserve that currently are in the recovery phase of deforestation and agricultural use (English: Recovery ).

location

It is located in the Mackay region about 900 kilometers west of Brisbane and 245 kilometers west of Mackay . The nearest town is Charters Towers , from here the park can be reached via Gregory Developmental Road going south. After 180 kilometers, shortly after the junction of the Bowen Developmental Road to Mount Coolon , the highway runs through the national park for 20 kilometers. There are no visitor facilities in the park itself. The Belyando River forms the western boundary of the park.

The Blackwood , Mazeppa and Epping Forest National Parks are in the vicinity .

Flora and fauna

The park protects the flora and fauna of the Brigalow Belt North bioregion . 87 percent of this ecosystem has been cleared in the past 70 years in order to use the land for agriculture, especially for livestock. In particular, the buffalo grass ( Cenchrus ciliaris ) and Parthenium , which are introduced as fodder for cattle , are becoming a danger to the local flora and fauna. Originally the vegetation consisted of Blackwood ( Acacia melanoxylon ) and Gidgee ( Acacia cambadgei ), with a substructure of Brigalow ( Acacia harpophylla ). Some of the last remaining areas are protected in the Nairana National Park and offer a refuge for numerous animals, including the endangered crested kite ( Lophoictinia isura ), the Coromandel pygmy duck ( Nettapus coromandelianus ), the giant stork ( Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus ) and the letter pigeon ( Geophaps scripta ) .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  2. ↑ a b OSM - Nairana National Park , OpenStreetMap , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  3. ↑ Letter from Ruth Lechte writing from Nairana National Park, Queensland , www.wisenet-australia.org, accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  4. ↑ Species List , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012.