Deepwater-Nationalpark

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

In the national park are sand dunes and coastal heathlands in the catchment area of the Deepwater Creek, one of the last pristine freshwater basins on the east coast of Australia, protected.

The national park was established in 1988 and covers an area of 47.3 square kilometers.

Location

It is situated 375 kilometers north of Brisbane, 60 kilometers north- west of Bundaberg and 80 kilometers south-east of Gladstone.

Provincial nature

The north of the park is dominated by a 70 meter high, vegetated sand dune. There are also few bare rocks of volcanic origin and a series of rocky promontories along the 9.8 kilometers of coastline.

Flora and Fauna

The vegetation on the seaward side of the dune and its side facing the country is very different. In the east there are typical beach vegetation, which is ruffled in the upper slopes of the wind. In the West, could form higher vegetation, so forest with plants in three different areas of plant height was in the slipstream.

At the beach nesting loggerhead turtle and the leatherback turtle. The flatback turtle and the green turtle have also found there their nesting area. In this park is the only place on the mainland, lay on the leatherback turtle eggs regularly.

King pigeon, Fairy Gerygone ( Gerygone palpabrosa, from the family of South Pacific warblers ) and gray fantail ( Rhipidura albiscapa ) are commonly found in the treetops in the west of the park. On the beaches you often see Australian oystercatchers, godwits, sandpipers and Eilseeschwalben. Also, emus and Brahminenweihe can be found in the national park.

There is also the largest Kakerlakenart in Queensland, ( Macropanesthia sp. ) There.

Facilities

A campground, toilets and picnic tables are available at Wreck Rock 5.5 km north of the southern boundary of the park. Another campground is located further north on Middle Rock - but without special facilities for campers. Picnic areas for day-trippers can be found at the Flat Rock.

The pets and the lighting of open fires are prohibited.

Driveway

The park can be reached from the south through the town of Wartburg. With ordinary road vehicles, the access road can be traveled only in the dry season. Also from the north, over Agnes Water is a driveway. There is needed, however, because of the steep, sandy slopes in each case a vehicle with all-wheel drive.