Epping-Forest-Nationalpark

The Epping Forest National Park (English: Epping Forest 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 therefore not accessible to the public. Only scientists, rangers and voluntary helpers is allowed in the.

Location

It is located 855 km north-west of Brisbane and 115 kilometers north- west of Clermont near the Belyando River.

In the neighborhood of the National Park Mazeppa and Narrien Range lie.

Provincial nature

The Epping Forest is a flat or gently sloping clay pan by the Fox Creek, a non- year-round water leading tributary of Belyando River flows. Previously needs a large, year-round water-bearing water running through this area have flowed which left massive sand deposits.

Flora and Fauna

The access restrictions are intended to ensure that the Epping Forest remains in the same state as possible, since he is the only remaining natural habitat of the endangered Northern Haarnasenwombats. At last count the animals living there only 138 pieces of this species were found. In the 1970s, however, the population was probably dropped to 20-30 wombats.

In addition to the Wombats 127 species of birds, 43 species of reptiles, 10 species of frogs and 25 species of mammals in the park are home ..

The park has front lights eucalyptus forest. On the sandy areas scattered wombats build their dwellings.