Southwood National Park

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Southwood National Park
Southwood National Park, Queensland
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Coordinates: 27 ° 48 ′ 53 ″  S , 150 ° 8 ′ 8 ″  O
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Acacia forests, birds
Next city: Goondiwindi
Surface: 71.2 km²
Founding: 1970
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The Southwood National Park (English: Southwood National Park ) is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland . It is located 288 kilometers west of Brisbane and 70 kilometers north of Goondiwindi .

The national parks Bendidee , Wondul Range , Erringibba and Alton are in the vicinity .

history

In the region who lived Aboriginesstamm the Brigambul . The explorers Allan Cunningham and Thomas Mitchell moved through this area, but because of the rugged nature of the country, settlers did not settle here until late. The site was formerly known as Wild Horse Paradise and was designated a national park in 1970.

National nature

The earth in this semi-arid area in the western Darling Downs is essentially clay . Periodic flooding and drying out have created the Gilgais , large depressions that are spread across the entire park.

Flora and fauna

Brigalow-Belah - Acacia forest ( Acacia harpophylla ) is predominantly found in the park . Ornamental and scaled cypresses , poplar boxes ( Eucalyptus populnea ), wilga ( Geijera parviflora ), false sandalwood ( Eremophila mitchelli ) and Australian tea trees can be found in the park area.

There is a lot of wildlife in the bushy forests; among other things, 92 bird species were counted. Here is the western edge of the range of the wong pigeon .

Facilities and access

Camping in the park is not permitted and there are no landscaped paths or roads.

Southwood National Park is on the Moonie Highway ( Tarewinnabar exit ), which forms the southern boundary of the park. The Southwood settlement is on the north side of the park and can only be reached via an unpaved road. In wet weather, this road becomes muddy and possibly impassable.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
  2. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 1997 ( MS Excel ; 93 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on January 7, 2013 (English)
  3. ^ A b Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 8
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Southwood National Park . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Retrieved December 6, 2012