Family-Islands-Nationalpark

The Family Islands National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia. It is located near the coast about midway between Cairns and Townsville.

Location

The park consists of nine islands: Wheeler Iceland, Coombe Iceland, Smith Iceland, Bowden Iceland and Hudson Iceland in 1936 declared a national park, Kumboola Iceland in 1939, mung - To - Gnackum and Portaboi Iceland in 1954 and Dunk Iceland 1960 1994 each. parks for Family Iceland National Park summarized.

Dunk Iceland is 970 hectares, of which 730 acres are located in the National Park, by far the largest island. The remaining islands are much smaller, between 49 hectares ( Coombe Iceland ) and 2 acres ( Mung - To - Gnackum - Iceland ).

The Family Iceland National Park is part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Site.

Natural site

The islands were part of the mainland until rising sea levels separated the connection to the mainland about 8,000 years ago.

On Dunk Iceland missing larger mammals, but several bats and echidnas occur. The island is known for the many butterflies occurring as the Cairns Birdwing and the great Ulysses butterfly ( Papilio ulysses ). Notable bird species are the bush chicken and the green back sunbird.

Tourism

Camping opportunities exist on Dunk, Coombe and Wheeler Iceland, Hotels in Dunk Iceland.

History

The islands got their name from Captain James Cook when he explored this region in 1770. At this time, the islands were inhabited long but by the Aboriginal peoples of the Bandjin and Djiru or visited in search of food. The first European settlers in 1897 were down on Dunk Iceland.