The Palms National Park

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The Palms National Park
The Palms National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 26 ° 56 ′ 5 ″  S , 151 ° 52 ′ 43 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: Piccabeen palms
Next city: Cooyar
Surface: 73 ha
Founding: 1950
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The Palms National Park (English: The Palms National Park ) is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland . It is 95 kilometers west-northwest of Brisbane and 30 kilometers south of Nanango .

The national parks of Tarong , Pidna and Mount Binga are in the vicinity .

Flora and fauna

The small national park is known for its spring valley full of Piccabeen palms ( Archontophoenix cunnighamiana ) fig trees New Guinea araucarias and Queensland araucarias can also be seen frequently there. The piccabeen palms are surrounded by a ring of subtropical and dry rainforest , which then merges into eucalyptus forest higher up .

Numerous species of birds also live in this park.

Facilities and access

Camping in the park is not permitted. There are several picnic areas and a hiking trail, The Palms Circuit (650 m).

The Palms National Park is accessible from the New England Highway ( Cooyar exit ). From there a narrow, paved road leads 8 kilometers northeast to the park.

Web links

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. 9
  4. ↑ a b Explore Queensland's National Parks . Explore Australia Publishing, Prahran (Victoria) 2008, ISBN 978-1-74117-245-4 , p. 51.
  5. ↑ a b c d About The Palms . Department of Environment and Resource Management. Retrieved December 10, 2012.