Scenic Rim
| Scenic Rim | ||
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 The Lake Moogerah lies between the Moogerah Peaks National Park and the Scenic Rim |
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Queensland New South Wales |
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| part of | Great dividing range | |
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| Coordinates | 28 ° 7 ′ S , 153 ° 11 ′ E | |
| rock | volcano | |
The Scenic Rim is a group of forested mountain ranges of the Great Dividing Range that stretch on the border between southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales in Australia .
description
The Scenic Rim includes the Little Liverpool Range , Main Range , Mistake Ranges , McPherson Range , Teviot Range and Tweed Range .
The mountainous landscape of the Scenic Rim forms a quarter circle, just south of Toowoomba around Springbrook , Tamborine Mountain , Lever's Plateau and the Lamington Plateau . The Scenic Rim is also part of the Gold Coast hinterland . Parts of this landscape are infrastructurally well developed, crossed by highways with buildings for tourists such as at Cunninghams Gap , other areas are used as a landscape, there are rural villages such as Beechmont and Tamborine Mountain. Numerous other areas are protected by national parks and nature reserves .
The Albert River , Logan River , Coomera River and Bremer River , Laidley Creek and Christmas Creek flow through the valleys of the Scenic Rim , and there is also the Lockyer Valley , Fassifern Valley and Numinbah Valley .
environment
The geology and landscape are largely of volcanic origin, the prehistoric Tweed Volcano , including Mount Warning , a shield volcano , the Focal Peak volcanic complex and the Main Range with mountains of basalt. Some areas are of sedimentary origin, such as parts of Mount Barney and eastern Lamington National Park . The deeply weathered soils, consisting mainly of basalt, support the rainforests and the ecological thickets of climbing plants, as well as the rare eucalyptus and grassland plant communities. The area has a subtropical climate at low altitudes with an average temperature of 6 ° C in winter, an average maximum temperature of 29 ° C in summer and average rainfall of 1,555 mm.
Protected areas
The Scenic Rim area protects national parks and other protected areas including the Border Ranges National Park , Glen Rock Regional Park, Koreelah National Park , Lamington National Park , Limpinwood Nature Reserve , Main Range National Park , Mebbin National Park , Moogerah Peaks National Park , Mount Barney National Park , Mount Chinghee National Park , Mount Clunie National Park , Mount Nothofagus National Park , Mount Warning National Park , Numinbah Nature Reserve and Springbrook National Park . Parts of it are in the UNESCO - World Heritage and as a Wilderness Area listed.
Important bird sanctuary
A 1,351 square kilometers large area of the Scenic Rim was by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area recognized (IBA), the population of the endangered Dasyornis brachypterus , Black-breasted Laufhühnchen ( Turnix melanogaster ), rufous scrubbird ( Atrichornis rufescens ) Menura Albertine , Fahlgesichtschnäpper ( Tregellasia capito ), shield bird of paradise ( Ptiloris paradiseus ), green arborvid , yellow- naped bowerbird and Orthonyx temminckii . There is also the extremely endangered Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni according to past and recent reports .
Green arborvitae
Yellow-naped bowerbird
tourism
In the area of the Scenic Rim there is an offer for those looking for relaxation for day trips, climbing tours, hikers and nature lovers. The tourism concept of the was first described in the 1920s by Arthur Groom and Romeo Lahey. They are also committed to protecting the forests of the Main Range and the Lamington Plateau . At the same time tourist facilities, the Binna Burra Lodge and O'Reilly's Guesthouse were built, which made the area popular with tourists.
Web links
- Visit Scenic Rim
- Scenic Rim Regional Map (PDF; 1.2 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Rankin (1992): Secrets of the Scenic Rim . Rankin Publishers. ISBN 0-9592418-3-3
- ↑ a b c birdlife.org Scenic Rim , in English, accessed October 3.
- ↑ IBA: Scenic Rim . In: Birdata . Birds Australia. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ Queensland Environmental Protection Agency: Heritage Trails of the Great South East . State of Queensland, 2000, ISBN 0-7345-1008-X , p. 18.