Springbrook National Park

Springbrook National Park
Springbrook Plateau to the left of the Numinbah Valley and Lamington National Park
Coordinates: 28 ° 8 ′ 24 ″  S , 153 ° 16 ′ 27 ″  O
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	Mountains with rainforests
Next city:	Mudgeeraba
Surface:	62.53 km²
Founding:	1990

The Springbrook National Park is a national park in Gold Coast -Hinterland on the east side of the Great Dividing Range in the Australian state of Queensland , 78 kilometers south of Brisbane .

It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Gondwana Rainforests of Australia . In December 1994, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee officially expanded the World Heritage Area "Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves Australia" (CERRA) over the Scenic Rim (including Main Range , Mount Barney , Lamington and Springbrook National Parks and Goomburra Forest Reserve) and the rainforests of northern New South Wales.

The national park can be divided into four areas: the Springbrook Plateau, the Natural Bridge , Numinbah and Mount Cougal . The Springbrook National Park is well developed for tourism. There are numerous hiking trails and many lookout points in the Springbrook Plateau.

Mount Cougal area

The park's Mount Cougal area is approximately 20 kilometers inland from Currumbin . It started in 1938 with an area of ​​142 hectares that has been protected and over time this has increased to 811 hectares. In 1990 the area was merged with Springbrook National Park.

The area is named after Mount Cougal , which is in the park, just on the Queensland side of the New South Wales border . The mountain has two peaks, called the east and west peaks, and reaches 694 meters above sea level.

Natural Bridge area

The Natural Bridge is a naturally formed rock arch over Cave Creek, a tributary of the Nerang River . It was formed by a waterfall that broke through a cave and then left a rock arch.

Waterfall flowing through the Natural Bridge during the summer

Springbrook Plateau area

Various waterfalls can be observed along short hiking trails in the Springbrook Plateau area. The circular route, which starts at either the Tallanbana or Goomoolahra picnic area, leads to the waterfalls "Twin Falls", "Rainbow Falls", "Goomoolahra Falls", "Kadjagooma Falls", "Ngarri-dhum Falls", "Gooroolba Falls" , "Poonyahra Falls", "Poondahra Falls" and "Blackfellow Falls". The Gwongorella picnic area is the access point for the hike to the Purlingbrook Falls and Tanninaba Falls.

Web links

Commons : Springbrook National Park  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Official site of the park (English)
• The Lure of Glow Worms by Wendy Pyper at the Australian Broadcasting Commission

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. ↑ Natural Bridge History Page (Gold Coast City Council)
4. ↑ Springbrook National Park . The State of Queensland. June 9, 2009. Archived from the original on November 3, 2009. 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 October 17, 2009.