Cania-Gorge-Nationalpark

The Cania Gorge National Park (English Cania Gorge National Park ) is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland. It is located 373 km north-west of Brisbane and 20 kilometers north- west of Monto on the Burnett Highway.

Important landmark in the small nature reserve, the 70 meter high sandstone cliffs in the gorge Cania Gorge, flows through the the Three Moon Creek.

Fauna

In the park you will find rock wallabies, brush kangaroos, platypus, geckos and over 90 different species of birds.

Culture

The rock paintings of the Aborigines are a sign for at least 19,000 years past settlement by Native ..

Facilities

A picnic area is on the main road that connects the Burnett Highway to the park. There, picnic tables, toilets and gas barbecues are held.

Most trails start at this picnic area, also for the 1.1 km distant Dripping skirt to 1.6 km away The Overhang and the 1,3 kilometer to Bloodwood Cave. The longest trail in the park begins at a small parking area 500 meters south of the picnic area. The 5.6 km long road leading to the Giants Chair Lookout, from where you can see the gorge and the Fern Tree Waterhole, a permanently filled water hole overlook. Another path leads visitors to an abandoned mine.