Oakview National Park

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Oakview National Park
Black-breasted chicken (Turnix melanogaster)
Black-breasted chicken ( Turnix melanogaster )
Oakview National Park, Queensland
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Coordinates: 26 ° 8 ′ 49.3 ″  S , 152 ° 20 ′ 49.8 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Next city: 20.00 mile (s) from Gympie
Surface: 34.9 km²
Founding: 2010
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The Oakview National Park (English Oakview National Park ) is a 35 square kilometer national park in Queensland , Australia .

location

Located in the Wide Bay-Burnett region , it is 160 kilometers north of Brisbane and 110 kilometers south of Hervey Bay . On the road from Gympie to Goomeri , 8 kilometers before Kilkivan, a road branches off to the south, towards the national park. There are no roads or visitor facilities in the park itself.

The Mudlo , Wrattens and Glastonbury National Park are in the vicinity .

Flora and fauna

The park protects dry rainforest and open eucalyptus forest up to 600 meters above sea ​​level . The area is a retreat for some endangered animals and plants, including the black breasted chicken ( Turnix melanogaster ), the cascade tree frog, and the giant ironwood ( Choricarpia subargentea ).

The approximately 10 centimeters long Oakview Leaf-tailed Gecko ( Phyllurus kabikabi ) only occurs in the area of ​​the national park.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  2. ^ A b Oakview National Park . Google Maps - Terrain
  3. ↑ Gympie's new National Park , The Gympie Times, June 6, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2012 (English)
  4. ↑ Animals of Queensland - Oakview Leaf-tailed Gecko , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012