Pumicestone National Park

Pumicestone National Park
Curlew ( Numenius madagascariensis )
Coordinates: 26 ° 58 ′ 38.9 ″  S , 153 ° 3 ′ 36.8 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Next city:	15 kilometer (s) from Caboolture
Surface:	164 hectares
Founding:	2010

The Pumicestone National Park (English Pumicestone National Park ) is a 164 hectare national park in Queensland , Australia . Its name goes back to Matthew Flinders , who explored the area in 1799 and found numerous pumice stones (English: Pumice or Pumicestone ) on the shore.

location

The park is located in the South East Queensland region about 55 kilometers north of Brisbane and 185 kilometers south of Hervey Bay . The closest town is Caboolture . The national park protects a headland that protrudes into the Pumicestone Passage , a narrow body of water between Bribie Island and mainland Australia. It forms an important bridgehead between the Glass House Mountains National Park , the Pumicestone Passage Marine Park and the Bribie Island National Park . There are no visitor facilities in the national park.

fauna

Numerous birds are native to the mudflats, including the endangered little tern ( Sterna albifrons ) and the curlew ( Numenius madagascariensis ), but also mammals such as the endangered false swimming rat ( Xeromys myoides ) are native to the park.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
2. ^ The Matthew Flinders Bicentenary Association
3. ↑ Species List , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012.