Poona National Park

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Poona National Park
Camouflaged parakeet
Camouflaged parakeet
Poona National Park, Queensland
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Coordinates: 25 ° 35 ′ 20 ″  S , 152 ° 49 ′ 22 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Wallumheideland, myrtle heaths, woodlands, parakeets
Next city: Maryborough
Surface: 53.68 km²
Founding: 1991
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The Poona National Park (English: Poona National Park ) is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland . It is located 210 kilometers north of Brisbane and twelve kilometers southeast of Maryborough .

Some of the trees and animals in this national park are classified as endangered.

National nature

The area of ​​the national park lies between the estuary of the Mary River and the Great Sandy Strait and is an example of natural heathland of the coastal plain, so-called wallum . The national park also includes two small islands. There are forests with different types of trees and mangroves .

The Great Sandy , Mount Bauple and Pipeclay National Parks and the Tuan State Forest are in the vicinity .

Flora and fauna

The Wallumheideland covered the entire coastal region before European settlement, but is now rare and worth protecting. There are also myrtle heaths (e.g. Melaleuca viridiflora ), mangroves and open forests with banksias and blue gum eucalyptus ( Eucalyptus tereticornis ). Especially endangered plants are the Boronia ( Boronia keysii ) and the Macrozamien ( Macrozamia Paul-guilielimi ).

Of the birds, the endangered parakeets , which have found their habitat in Wallumheideland, are particularly worth mentioning.

Facilities and access

Camping is not permitted in the national park and there are no paths or other facilities. There are overnight accommodations in the nearby small settlements Maaroom , Boonooroo and Poona , each with a campsite.

The park is easily accessible from Maryborough - Cooloola Road or Boonooroo Road . Access roads and roads in the park are only to be used with four-wheel drive vehicles and only in dry weather.

Web links

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. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 9
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Poona National Park. In: Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. June 5, 2013, accessed September 3, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Maaroom Caravan Park. Retrieved September 3, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Boonooroo. In: Tourism and Events Queensland. Retrieved September 3, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Poona Palms Caravan Park .