Pioneer Peaks National Park

Pioneer Peaks National Park
View of Mount Blackwood
Coordinates: 21 ° 1 ′ 50 ″  S , 148 ° 57 ′ 7.7 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Next city:	17 mile (s) from Mackay
Surface:	18.9 km²
Founding:	1992
Mixophyes fasciolatus
Yellow-footed pouch mouse

The Pioneer Peaks National Park (English Pioneer Peaks National Park ) is a 19 km² national park in Queensland , Australia .

location

It is on the Bruce Highway , 20 miles northwest of Mackay and 54 miles south of Airlie Beach . There are no roads, hiking trails or other visitor facilities in the national park.

The Newry Islands , Cape Hillsborough , Mount Martin , Reliance Creek and Mount Ossa national parks are in the vicinity .

Terrain forms

The highest peak in the park is Mount Blackwood ( 590 m) , lower are Mount Jukes (547 m), Mount Adder (380 m) and Mount Mandurana (308 m). All are of volcanic origin and formed about 32 million years ago. The steep peaks have formed over time due to erosion .

Flora and fauna

In Pioneer Peaks National Park, there are some endemic animals such as the Phyllurus isis from the family of geckos , the only in the with rainforest occurs covered slopes of Mount Blackwood and Mount Jukes, or Mixophyes fasciolatus from the family of Australian Southern Frogs , a Frog that breeds in rivers and is otherwise only found in the Eungella National Park . The yellow-footed pouch mouse , a small, carnivorous marsupial that has not been seen in central Queensland since 1995, is also native to Pioneer Peaks National Park.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
2. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 1997 ( MS Excel ; 93 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} 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 October 7, 2012 (English)