Forest-Den-Nationalpark

The Forest Den National Park (English: Forest National Park ) is a national park in the center of the Australian state of Queensland.

Location

It is located 991 km north-west of Brisbane, 170 kilometers north of Barcaldine and 180 kilometers southeast of Hughenden.

Provincial nature

Located in the semi-arid hill country of eastern Queensland permanently filled billabongs are located ( German: Water holes) of the park important. The Torrens Creek, a tributary of Cooper Creek, which flows through the park from north to south. For over 100 years the area of ​​the park was used as pasture, of which today can be seen, only a few remnants of fences.

Flora and Fauna

Around the billabongs is eucalyptus forest has settled, particularly River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis ) and Coolibah (Eucalyptus Coolabah ). Originally, the park was established to secure the stands of Black Gidgee (Acacia pruinocarpa ) on the western edge of its propagation area.

At the Billabong can be seen in the twilight birds, like the Whistling Kite ( Heliastur sphenurus ), the hawk hawks, the Molukkenibis ( Threskiornis molucca ), the king Spoonbill ( Platalea regia), the Anhinga, the white -necked herons, egrets, the hood Reads, the rust Kehl honey -eater ( Conopophila rufogularis ) or watch the letters dove. Also Sugar Glider and Fuchskusus find a to the water points.

Facilities and access

Wild camping in the park is allowed, but there are no special facilities.

The park is located east of the partially unpaved road from Aramac by Torrens Creek, about 100 kilometers north of Aramac. The use of a four-wheel drive vehicle is recommended. Even small amounts of rain hit the slopes in Park still impassable.