Bunya-Mountains-Nationalpark

The Bunya Mountains National Park is a 192 square kilometer National Park in southern Queensland, Australia. The park covers a large part of the mountain range of the same name Bunya Mountains. The mountains are covered with forests and typical for the West include the largest contiguous Bunya Pines inventory worldwide. The park is located 63 km north-east of Dalby and 58 kilometers southwest of Kingaroy.

The park is known for its lush wildlife and its spectacular views. The mild climate of the mountain range ensures that the morning and evening temperatures are low. The park can be reached via a narrow, winding road. It offers well- equipped campsites, an extensive network of hiking trails and several picnic areas.

History

The Aborigines of Waku Waku tribe were the first who settled in these mountains. During the 1860s, was begun in the park wood smashed, mainly Red Cedar, Queensland Araucaria Araucaria and New Guinea, the Aborigines were displaced. In the same decade, the European settlers began to visit the park and enjoy the scenery.

The Bunya Sawmill was established in 1883. 1908 has been declared a National Park 9112 hectares, which makes it the second oldest national park in Queensland. Wood, however, was taken until 1917. The last sawmill in the Bunya Mountains graduated 1945.

1939 emerged the first trails. The Carbine 's Chute were one of the first channels that were used to transport the logs from the mountains. From Munro's Camp a 1.5 km road leads to this point. Since the wood while sliding down the steep gullies often splintered and has been damaged, used the owner of a sawmill, Lars Anderson, a combination of railways, winches, conveyor belts and rope bridges to carry the wood gently.

Flora

Some of the Bunya Pines in the park are up to 600 years old and 25 meters high. In the woods you will find Large stinging nettles, wild raspberries, a variety of climbing plants and ferns. Other tree species in the park include white Beech and Silky Oak. The grass trees at Mount Kiangarow be up to 5 m high and are hundreds of years old.

Distributed throughout the National Park you will find clearings in the forests, grassy balds known as. They are typically a few hectares in size and results either from bushfires or are due to geological features. Approximately where large basalt slabs lie in the soil and thus block the way for the roots of the trees. Currently there are about 100 of these clearings, where the fire caused by the decrease slowly because it no longer has burned here for some time. The grassy areas have a higher biodiversity than the dense rain forests, since many birds and rodents live who otherwise are nowhere at home in the park.

Fauna

The park is home to over 200 species of frogs and reptiles, but also marsupials, such as Filander, rock kangaroos, Sumpfwallabys and the Bunya Mountains ring Beutler. Also, some snake species come here often before, such as the diamond python, the red-bellied black otter and the brown tree snake.

The mountains are part of the Bunya Mountains and Yarraman Important Bird Area, supposedly survived the world's largest population of Black- breasted Button- quail. There are a total of 120 species of birds including wedge-tailed eagle, bush hens, Eastern Whipbirds, king parrots, silk foliage birds, hawks and finches. The park is home to equally important populations of the green foliage bird, the Yellow-naped Foliage bird and shield bird of paradise. There are also Currawongs, Lärmpittas, Pennant parakeets, and Wongatauben.