Conway-Nationalpark

The Conway National Park (English: Conway National Park ) is a national park in the eastern part of the Australian state of Queensland.

Location

It is located 911 km north-west of Brisbane and 90 kilometers north- west of Mackay.

Landforms

The coastal mountains in the Conway Range rises steeply behind the coastal settlements Airlie Beach, Cannonvale and Cannon Valley on and covers the peninsula that forms the park. Nevertheless endangers the development of the three coastal settlements the existence of the national parks.

The Whitsunday Islands, just off the coast of Conway Peninsula, used to be the north-eastern part of this mountain range. However, this sank in rising sea thousands of years ago in the Coral Sea, so that only the islands remained.

Flora and Fauna

The park is covered by dense tropical coast rainforest. It is the largest rain forest of its kind outside of the tropical areas of Queensland. In addition, there is sparse forest with Myrtenheiden and grass trees, and mangroves.

In the woods bush chickens and Reinwardt chickens live.

Culture

The country was formerly inhabited by the Aboriginesstämmen the Ngaro and Gia, the streaked through the dense forests.

Facilities and access

There are numerous hiking trails. The tents in the park ( with special permit ) is prohibited, but there are no tent sites.

The park is accessible from the Bruce Highway (exit Proserpine South ). The road to Airlie Beach is 26 km long. From there take the 6.5 km long road southeast to the entrance on the north side of the park.