Newry Islands National Park

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Newry Islands National Park
Newry Islands National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 20 ° 51 ′ 6 ″  S , 148 ° 53 ′ 58 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Sandy beaches and rocky capes
Next city: Mackay
Surface: 4.64 km²
Founding: 1938
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The Newry Islands National Park (English: Newry Islands National Park ) is a national park in the east of the Australian state of Queensland . It is 847 kilometers northwest of Brisbane and 45 kilometers northwest of Mackay .

Eight islands belong to the national park. In addition to the main island of Newry Island , these are Rabbit Island , Outer Newry Island , Acacia Island , Mausoleum Island , North Red Cliff Island , South Red Cliff Island and Rocky Island . All islands are part of the Great Barrier Reef UNESCO World Heritage Site .

The Smith Islands , Repulse Islands and Brampton Islands National Parks are in the vicinity .

history

Newry Island was home to one of the first resort islands in the area. It was in operation from the early 1920s until 2001.

National nature

The small islands are covered by light forest and dense tropical rainforest , near the coast you will find pearly white sandy beaches and rocky capes.

Facilities

There are a number of tent sites that have been set up, but reservations are necessary for them. Picnic areas are on Newry Island, Outer Newry Island, and Rabbit Island. They are provided with toilets, picnic tables and canopies. Open fires are prohibited on Newry Island and Outer Newry Island.

The islands can only be reached by private boats. A slipway is at Seaforth .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
  2. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 1997 ( MS Excel ; 93 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
  3. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 11
  4. ↑ a b c d e Newry Islands National Park . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Archived from the original on March 17th, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 5, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.derm.qld.gov.au
  5. ↑ a b Whitsunday and Mackay Islands Visitor Management Strategy - Visitor Management Settings - Map 3 'Mackay' ( Memento of the original of July 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.8 MB), Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed January 7, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nprsr.qld.gov.au
  6. ↑ Nature, culture and history. Newry Islands National Park. In: Department of Environment and Resource Management. November 16, 2011, accessed December 7, 2012 .