Smith Islands National Park

Smith Islands National Park
Humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae )
Coordinates: 20 ° 35 ′ 21 ″  S , 149 ° 6 ′ 38 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	light forest, eagles, humpback whales
Next city:	Mackay
Surface:	11.9 km²
Founding:	1994

The Smith Islands National Park (English: Smith Islands National Park ) is a national park in the east of the Australian state of Queensland . It is located 862 kilometers northwest of Brisbane and 45 kilometers north of Mackay .

The group consists of sixteen islands south of the Whitsunday Islands and is part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Site .

The South Cumberland Islands , Newry Islands , Repulse Islands , Lindeman Islands and Brampton Islands national parks are in the vicinity .

Flora and fauna

Most of the islands are covered with light forest made up of low-growing trees.

Wildlife abounds in these forests, and white-bellied sea eagles and osprey roam the islands . Around the islands you can see dugongs and sea turtles as well as humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) often in winter .

Facilities and access

There is a campground on Goldsmith Island . It is equipped with toilets and picnic tables.

The islands can only be reached by private or chartered boats.

Web links

• Official website of the park (English)

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. 11
4. ↑ ^{a b} Whitsunday and Mackay Islands Visitor Management Strategy - Visitor Management Settings - Map 3 'Mackay ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.8 MB), Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed January 7, 2013 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Smith Islands National Park . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Archived from the original on March 17th, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 6, 2012.