Freshwater-Nationalpark

The Freshwater National Park (English: Freshwater National Park ) is a national park in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland.

Location

It is located 34 km north of Brisbane and 12 kilometers south of Caboolture.

In the neighborhood of the National Park Bribie Iceland, Pumicestone and Glass House Mountains lie.

Provincial nature

The park is surrounded by 94 acres of relatively small and round of populated areas and major roads. Nevertheless, there is a rich vegetation and many wild animals. The north by a small stream flows.

Flora

The park remains the clear Mediterranean forest are protected, who had formerly ranged over the entire area. The dominant tree species are Eucalyptus trees, especially the Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus racemosa ) with its smooth, white trunks, as well as some Angophoraarten. The shrub vegetation varies from open heathland with low grass trees in the south of the park, to dense Kasuarinenwäldern and small marshy areas with Myrtenheiden.

In the open moorland you will find low-growing species, such as the fringed lily ( Thysanotus tuberosus ), the high Sundew ( Drosera peltata ), a carnivorous plant, the flachstieligen Cordrausch ( Eurychorda complanata ) and the Wallum - Grevillea ( Grevillea leiophylla ), a sensitive, pink flowering Grevillea, which is only 30 cm high. In addition, there are a large number of other plants.

Fauna

Especially in the spring you can watch many birds, including honeyeaters in the park. Also, wrens, like the multi-color wren or the Rufous - Season tail ( Malurus melanocephalus ) an Australian Sängerart, occur here. In large eucalyptus trees nesting wedge-tailed eagle and will often strike over the park in search of food for their young. One often hears the cries of the Weißkehlgerygone ( Gerygone olivacea ), the Glanzspitzendrongos ( Dicrurus bracteatus ) and the Rainbow Bee -eater.

The invertebrate fauna is rich; there are many dragonflies and damselflies species, especially in summer. The great Großlibelle Hemianax papuensis flies all year round through the park, while the Rhyothemis graphiptera with their purple striped wings and the deep red Diplacodes encountered bipunctata in the summer.