Warro National Park

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Warro National Park
Mountain lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus)
Mountain lorikeet ( Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus )
Warro National Park (Queensland)
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Coordinates: 24 ° 38 ′ 49.8 ″  S , 151 ° 42 ′ 58.8 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Next city: 65 km from Bundaberg
Surface: 60.32 km²
Founding: 2006
Ornate Burrowing Frog (Platyplectrum ornatum)
Ornate Burrowing Frog ( Platyplectrum ornatum )
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The Warro National Park (English Warro National Park ) is a 60 square kilometer national park in Queensland , Australia .

location

It is located in the Wide Bay-Burnett region in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast about 340 kilometers north of Brisbane and 185 kilometers southeast of Rockhampton . The closest town is Gin Gin . From here you can reach the park via the Bruce Highway in a northerly direction. After about 40 kilometers, the highway runs parallel to the western border of the national park for 6 kilometers. In the south of the National Park borders the reservoir Lake Monduran . However, there are no visitor facilities.

The national parks of Bania , Bulburin , Littabella and Mount-Colosseum are in the vicinity .

Flora and fauna

The national park protects dry rainforest and open eucalyptus forest up to 410 meters high .

Numerous birds are at home here, especially the mountain lorikeet ( Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus ), the plain-mantled thickhead ( Pachycephala rufiventris ), the gray-breasted thickhead ( Colluricincla harmonica ) and the noisy head ( Philemon corniculatus ). Among the frogs there are often species from the families of the tree frogs and Australian southern frogs , such as the Ornate Burrowing Frog ( Platyplectrum ornatum ). There are also some endangered plant species in the park, such as the Silver Leaf ( Argophyllum nullumense ), Wild May ( Kunzea flavescens ) and Eucalyptus decolor .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  2. ↑ OSM - Warro National Park , OpenStreetMap , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  3. ↑ Species List , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012.