Dipperu-Nationalpark

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

The park is exclusively for scientific purposes and is closed to the public.

Location

It is located 754 km north-west of Brisbane and 70 kilometers southwest of Mackay.

In the vicinity of the national parks Homevale and Kelvin are.

Landforms

The park is situated in a gently undulating plain, reaches the altitudes of 160-185 meters. The most important watercourse is the Bee Creek on the western edge of the park, which belongs to the catchment of the Fitzroy River. There are also many permanently filled with water small lakes and wetlands.

Flora and Fauna

The park is the largest and least altered vegetation area of the bioregion Brigalow Belt North is protected. Subtropical rain forest and extensive wetlands are typical of this region. There are also larger scale eucalyptus and acacia woodland, and riparian forest along the Bee Creek. Three threatened or protected species are listed: Solanum adenophorum, Black- Ironbox eucalyptus (Eucalyptus raveretiana ) and Macropteranthes leiocaulis.

Over 120 species of birds including the brown-headed cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus lathami ), 34 reptile species and nine amphibian species are native to the park, which is an island in an otherwise dry and liberated by natural vegetation level ..