Japoon-Nationalpark

The Japoon National Park (English: Japoon National Park ) is a national park in northeastern Australian state of Queensland.

Location

It is located 1306 km northwest of Brisbane, about 30 km north of Tully and about 30 km southwest of Innisfail.

The park connects to the Tully Gorge and the Wooroonooran National Park in the east.

Provincial nature

It lies on the Nordostabdachung the Walter Hill Range. The site has altitudes of 100-600 m. To the east of Japoon Creek drains.

Flora and Fauna

Dense tropical rain forest covers the mountain slopes.

The park is part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area, which was designated as such by BirdLife International because it offers various bird species of the Wet Tropics of Queensland habitat. These birds are especially cassowaries, of which only 1,000-1,500 copies in the northern Queensland exist.

Driveway

The national park is the Japoon Road (Exit Kurrimine the Bruce Highway) reachable. 12 km west of Highway lies the hamlet Japoonvale.