Gloucester-Island-Nationalpark

The Gloucester National Park Iceland (English: Gloucester Iceland National Park ) is a national park in the east of the Australian state of Queensland.

Location

It is 950 kilometers north- west of Brisbane and 30 kilometers east of Bowen. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Great Barrier Reef.

In the environment, the National Park Molle Islands and Whitsunday Islands lie; on the mainland of Dryander National Park.

Provincial nature

The island on the continental shelf is lonelier than the other islands in the Whitsunday Islands, but has also sandy coves, reefs and tropical rain forest. Also, the surrounding small islands Armit Iceland and Saddleback Iceland belong to the National Park.

History

The island was discovered in 1770 by the British navigator and explorer James Cook, but mistaken for a cape of the mainland. Therefore, he gave the country the name of Cape Gloucester. Later it was realized that it was an island. Since then, the island ' Gloucester Iceland ' is, while the south is Cape unofficially called it ' Cape Gloucester '.

Fauna

On the island there is a colony of the highly endangered Proserpine rock kangaroos. In addition, one can observe many birds.

Facilities and access

The camping is in the Bona Bay or the East Side Bay on the main island, ebson how to Armit Iceland and Iceland Saddleback possible. There are restrooms, picnic tables and shelters.

The islands are only accessible by private and some commercial boats. Because the islands are relatively unprotected from the coast in the ocean, is to pay attention to weather warnings.