Tamborine National Park

Tamborine National Park
Curtis Falls
Coordinates: 27 ° 51 ′ 37 ″  S , 153 ° 10 ′ 42 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	Eucalyptus and rain forests, waterfalls
Next city:	Beaudesert , Nerang
Surface:	20.8 km²
Founding:	1993
Flooded Gums ('' Eucalyptus grandis '')
Cedar Creek Falls

The Tamborine National Park (English: Tamborine National Park ) is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland . It is 45 kilometers southwest of Brisbane and 20 kilometers northeast of Beaudesert in the hinterland of the Gold Coast .

The national park consists of 14 separate sections, between which individual villages are located.

The main sections are Joalah, Cedar Creek, The Knoll, MacDonald Park, Niche's Corner, Palm Grove and Witches Falls .

National nature

The national park covers an area of ​​11.6 square kilometers of the Tamborine Mountain plateau . This plateau is 8 kilometers long, 5 kilometers wide and rises to an altitude of 525 meters. The height of the plateau makes for more moderate temperatures in summer, but the period from December to April is also the wettest. In winter it is drier and cooler there.

Basalt columns, rock walls, rock steps and waterfalls characterize the area that can be seen as the northernmost remnant of the Mount Warning volcanoes that were active 23 million years ago .

Flora and fauna

In the park there are light forests, moist eucalyptus forests and rainforests .

Wildlife in the park includes B. Lyrebirds , platypus , Busch chickens , Loris , Black Schopf-Wippflöter ( Psophodes olivaceus ), Lärmpittas ( Pitta versicolor ) and silk leaves birds . The importance of the park is that 85% of all animal species and 65% of all plant species of the Gold Coast are represented there.

Facilities

There are a number of picnic areas and many hiking trails to canyons, cliffs, waterfalls, and wooded areas. All sections except Cedar Creek have visitor centers. Camping in the park is prohibited, but there are a number of guesthouses, hotels, motels and other accommodations.

Sections

Witches Falls

The Witches Falls section is located in the eastern part of the village of Mount Tamborine. This area was declared a national park in 1908 as the first area in Queensland. The main trail is the Witches Falls Circuit (3 km), which winds its way down a steep slope through dense forest into the rainforest with cycads , periodic water holes, enormous fig and palm trees and to the waterfalls. Another way to get to the falls is the Beacon Road Track (4km easy). This section can be accessed via Main Western Road (also: Tamborine Mountain Road or Geissmann Drive ).

Palm grove

In the western part of the village of Mount Tamborine is the Palm Grove section . The Curtis Road Track (1.2 km one way) connects Curtis Road and Palm Grove Avenue . The Palm Grove Circuit (1.4 km) leads through the rainforest, as well as fig and palm groves. The Curtis Road branches off from the Tamborine Mountain Road in Tamborine Mountain , and the Palm Grove Avenue from Central Avenue in Eagle Heights .

Joalah

Between these two sections and to the north of them is the Joalah section . The Curtis Falls Walk (1.5 km) leads down to a rock pool at the base of the falls. On the way you can see the basalt rocks . Grouse can be seen from the Joalah Circuit (4 km) which leads back up to the Curtis Falls Walk. The section can be reached via Eagle Heights Road .

MacDonald Park

In Eagle Heights , then to the Tamborine Mountain Botanic Gardens , the section is MacDonald Park . It has a rainforest circular hiking trail (2.6 km), on which the plants are provided with name tags. The section can be reached via Wangawallan Road .

The Knoll

The Knoll section is northwest of North Tamborine . There is the Cameron Falls Circuit (3 km), which offers beautiful views, rainforest, light woodland and the occasional skinks while sunbathing on the rocks. The Knoll Road branches off from the Main Road from. The Tamborine Mountains Natural History Association Information Center is also located in the village of North Tamborine.

Cedar Creek

Heading north from North Tamborine on Tamborine Mountain Road , you will come to the junction on Cedar Creek Falls Road . One of the most beautiful hiking trails in the entire national park, the Cedar Creek Circuit (3.2 km), leads along the numerous cascades and rock pools of the creek and through a number of vegetation, such as light and dry rainforest and New Guinea araucaria forests . The waterfalls cascade down into a valley more slowly than spectacularly. The 1.5-kilometer Rock Scree Walk branches off the circular route and is a worthwhile detour.

Niche's Corner

The Niche's Corner section is approximately 20 kilometers north of The Knoll and the main sections of the national park. It faces the Gold Coast and offers far-reaching views. One of the most recommended hiking trails in the entire national park is the Niche's Lookout Circuit (3.2 km), which leads along the numerous cascades and rock pools of Niche's Corner and through a variety of vegetation, such as light and dry rainforest and New Guinea araucarias.

Web links

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

• Official site 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. 7
4. ↑ ^{a b} Tamborine National Park . In: queenslandholidays.com.au . Tourism Queensland. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
5. ↑ ^{a b c} About Tamborine . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Explore Queensland's National Parks . Explore Australia Publishing, Prahran, Victoria 2008, ISBN 978-1-74117-245-4 , p. 51.